On March 3, the Indianapolis Star obtained roughly 5,600 pages of USA Gymnastics records revealing the organization waited years to ban some 54 coaches who were the subjects of sexual abuse complaints.
The dialogue is often hilarious – I enjoyed, in particular, the guilelessly promiscuous Rose's upper-class euphemisms for male and female genitalia ("thing and va"); yet one of the most eloquent sequences is non-verbal – a delirious bop, with thrashing air-guitars and wild gymnastics, to a Prince record.
Miller, winner of a record seven Olympic gymnastics medals, was granted an injury petition yesterday after showing in a practice meet on Monday that she has recovered from a hairline crack in her right leg and is healthy enough to compete this week.
The most ethnically and racially diverse team in the history of women's gymnastics finished with a team-record nine medals behind Simone Biles, the most by any country since the Soviet Union in 1972.
Great Britain's Dan Purvis narrowly missed a surprise medal as Kohei Uchimura won a record third consecutive World Gymnastics men's all-around gold.
But for the record, men can do gymnastics, too!
The eventual record-breaking tally for gymnastics was seven medals, including, thanks to Bryony Page, their first ever in trampolining.
Smith has broken more than 300 records since switching from gymnastics at the age of 11 and announced herself on the global stage by claiming Commonwealth bronze in Delhi last year.
History of fractures and lifestyle habits (alcohol consumption, gymnastics or jogging/walking, smoking) were also recorded.
Gene Wettstone, a gymnastics coach who led Penn State University to a record nine N.C.A.A. championships in the sport, coached the United States men's teams in the 1948 and 1956 Olympic Games and successfully promoted gymnastics on a campus better known for football, died on Tuesday in State College, Pa.
