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Bela Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bela Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82

Associated Press  

Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power in the sport, has died. Karolyi briefly became the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics women’s elite program in 1999 and incorporated a semi-centralized system that eventually turned the Americans into the sport’s gold standard. While the Karolyis …

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Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82

CNN  

CNN — Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. “We have an action-packed sport, and from time to time people get injured.” In the years leading up to his death, Karolyi’s triumphant career also was marred by allegations …

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Bela Karolyi, controversial gymnastics coach who mentored Olympic champions, dies at 82
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bela Karolyi, controversial gymnastics coach who mentored Olympic champions, dies at 82

LA Times  

Martha Karolyi, left, and Bela Karolyi watch the U.S. women’s gymnastics team celebrate after winning the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Bela Karolyi carries Kerri Strug after she helped the U.S. win team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics despite sustaining a severely sprained ankle during the vault competition. Karolyi briefly became the national team …

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How Simone Biles detoxified gymnastics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How Simone Biles detoxified gymnastics

The Telegraph  

As the Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade prepared for her beam dismount, a cry rang out around Bercy Arena: “Come on, you got it.” The source of the shout was Simone Biles, the all-time queen of gymnastics. Even though she had already fallen in her own routine, Biles was supporting her leading rival in a manner that transcended national boundaries. After …

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Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore

New York Times  

One went on when she probably should have stopped. With the United States trying to break Russia’s stranglehold and simultaneously win its first gymnastics Olympic team gold medal, Béla Károlyi sent Strug off with words of encouragement spliced with an ominous tone. He told her to “shake it out.” Unsure if the U.S. had secured enough points to win the …

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Kerri Strug Shouldn’t Have Been Forced to Do That Vault
55 years ago

Kerri Strug Shouldn’t Have Been Forced to Do That Vault

Slate  

As we now know, Simone Biles has bravely “noped” out of at least four high-profile gymnastics competitions in the Tokyo Olympics, after the single most inopportune case of the “twisties” in history hit her midair during the first event of the team competition. Somehow, Biles landed that improvised Yurchenko 1.5 on her feet, at the bottom of what 1996 Olympic …

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Simone Biles Refused To Be A Work Martyr. You Should, Too.
3 years, 5 months ago

Simone Biles Refused To Be A Work Martyr. You Should, Too.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Tuesday, Simone Biles, the record-breaking American gymnast, withdrew from the Olympic team finals after an uncharacteristic falter on the vault, saying that she was not in a good mental place to compete. “I can’t risk a medal for the team, so I need to call it,” Biles explained after the event. “And you usually don’t hear …

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‘The twisties’: How fear affects the mental health and physical safety of gymnasts like Simone Biles
3 years, 5 months ago

‘The twisties’: How fear affects the mental health and physical safety of gymnasts like Simone Biles

CNN  

CNN — You can learn a lot about a subculture by the slang it develops. I feel like I’m also not having as much fun.” Biles later also withdrew from the individual all-around competition, again saying she wanted to focus on her mental health. “She’s always had incredible air sense, which is what you need in this sport,” her former …

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Plaschke: Respect Simone Biles for pulling out of Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Plaschke: Respect Simone Biles for pulling out of Olympics

LA Times  

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is consoled after competing on the vault and withdrawing from competition in the women’s team final at the Tokyo Olympics. “If Simone Biles had continued, fought back and helped the team win Gold, that would make her the greatest gymnast of all time; the fact she quit when facing adversity, makes her the biggest choke in …

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