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Jordan Chiles Sets Matters Straight as Fellow Gymnast Jade Carey Denied of Perfect 10

Olympic Gold medalist Jordan Chiles wanted to give full points after Jade Carey got robbed of a perfect 10 against San Jose State in NCAA

Jordan Chiles Makes Feelings Clear on Balancing UCLA With Ongoing Bronze Medal Fiasco

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Jordan Chiles and UCLA Make History Worth $450,000 After Pauley Park Breaks Massive Record

Jordan Chiles with UCLA made history on March, not only with their performance but also by setting a new record at Pauley Pavilion.
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Still Battling Bronze Medal Controversy, Jordan Chiles Makes Her Feelings Known About Growing Strength

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“I’m Gonna Start Crying”: Jordan Chiles Pays Tribute to UCLA Stars as Senior Night Wrapped With Massive Win

Amid setting a Big Ten Conference record, Jordan Chiles shares her honest confession on the UCLA Bruins stars on Senior Night.
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Things Do Not Look Good in Utah Red Rocks as Gymnastics Star Out of the Meet Because of Injury

The Utah gymnastics program can't catch a break. With less than 2 weeks to go for the Big 12 championship, they now face an injury setback.
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Jordan Chiles Led UCLA Gymnastics Makes History on Senior Night Hours After Olympic Gold Medalist’s Successful Book Launch Party

The UCLA Gymnastics team lead by Jordan Chiles made history again as eight senior gymnasts bid thier adiue to the fans
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LSU tigers’ Coach Clark Makes Honest Confession About Star Gymnast’s Comeback From Devastating Injury That Ended Paris Olympics Dream

This LSU Tigers gymnast had made an early return from injury, which was a success. And her coach has an honest analysis of the youngster.
Konnor McClain Via Instagram (LSU gym)

Tears in Missouri Gymnastics as 22-Year-Old Ends Senior Night With a Near-Perfect Score

Emotional scenes from the Missouri Tigers as a 22-year-old senior gymnastics star ends with a new record and near-perfect score
Amari with SECOND 9.900 already #MIZ

About Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a collection of physical exercises requiring a lot of strength, agility, balance, and flexibility. It is closely related to circus performing skills as athletes put their bodies to the fullest use. Likewise, there are various disciplines for gymnasts to showcase their talents. Thus, it evolved from ancient Greeks that included skills to mounting to dismounting a horse. The competitive form of gymnastics is called artistic gymnastics. It involves various events for women like the floor, vault, uneven bars, and the beam. For men, they have floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bars. Therefore, the sport is famous for its aesthetic values and the Olympics draws major crowds to the gymnastics arena.

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History of Gymnastics

Gymnastics originated from the Greek term, 'to exercise naked,' applied in ancient Greece exercises. These exercises became a mainstay at the Olympics but most of the competition came from ancient roots. There are stone engravings found in Shandong province during the Han Period (206 BCE–220 CE) where they portrayed acrobatics. Like every sport, the person credited for making the sport famous was Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of the Turnverein movement as he helped to spread gymnastics across the world.

Most of the exercises were conducted on the playground. Therefore, various events came into existence. They held the first Gymnastics festival in 1860 in Coburg. The Americans were introduced to Gymnastics in the late 1820s while the Federation Internationale Gymnastique was founded in 1881 to organize the event. The 1896 Olympic Games saw the starting stages of gymnastics being introduced to the world. 

The Sport

There are three divisions of artistic gymnastics- artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline. There are six events for men and the all around event where they combine scores from every discipline. For women, there are four exercises and a similar all around event, both team and individual events. Apart from artistic gymnastics, there is rhythmic gymnastics and is practiced only by women. Trampoline is the other discipline of gymnastics and introduced itself at the 2000 Olympic Games. As years pass by, various gymnasts showcased their athletic skills to the masses in attendance.

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Famous gymnasts in the world

Simone Biles:

In terms of pure dominance, Simone Biles enters the list as arguably the greatest gymnast of all time. She is the most decorated gymnast in the World Championships, winning four gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. The 2016 Rio Olympics saw her winning four gold medals and completely dominated the events. She has 25 World Championships medals to her name and her stance on mental health helps her become an influential person in the society.

Larisa Latynina:

Winning nine gold medals at the Olympics is astonishing and Larisa Latynina ranks on top of the famous gymnast charts. After Michael Phelps, she has the most Olympic medals with 18. She popularized the sport of gymnastics and was the first star in the sport. Her iconic performances will go down to the gymnastics folklore.

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Nadia Comaneci:

Achieving a perfect 10.0 score in gymnastics is amazing. But, doing it at the Olympics, when just turning 14, placed Nadia Comaneci amongst the pantheon of greats. The 1976 Olympics saw her earning seven perfect scores. She won five Olympic gold medals out of the nine she won.

Svetlana Khorkina:

With a total of 47 Olympic, World and European Championships medals, Svetlana Khorkina is a remarkable gymnast. She became the first gymnast to win three all-around titles at the World Championships while winning five gold medals in the uneven bars at World Championships. Her success in the uneven bars earned her the moniker 'The Queen of Bars.'