This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. If you’re like most of the normal world, the last time you thought about the sport of women’s artistic gymnastics was probably sometime in 2021, when a heavily favored Simone Biles abruptly withdrew from most of the Tokyo Olympics and you learned what the term twisties meant. Even with Rivera, this puts …
READING, Pa. — From the outside, it’s not much to look at. Step inside the headquarters of GK Elite, about 90 minutes northwest of Philadelphia, and you’re greeted by mannequins wearing iconic leotards, like the navy blue one with bedazzled white sleeves Suni Lee sported when she took all-around gold in Tokyo, and floor-to-ceiling photos of Olympic medalists. GK Elite …
