The world may have grown accustomed to seeing Olympic gymnasts wearing leotards as they compete for the highest honor in the sport, but these garments haven’t always been the first pick for women.
The implementation of Title IX throughout the '70s increased opportunities for female student-athletes and sports, including women’s gymnastics. Expanded program budgets meant pragmatism and ...
The day after hearing their names called as members of the 2024 U.S. gymnastics team in front of a sold-out crowd in Minneapolis’ Target Center, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and ...
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Why do women’s gymnastics uniforms look so different? A guide to leotards, unitards and competition rules
The same apparatuses, same mats, yet different appearances, what’s the catch behind the different gymnastics uniforms? Let’s take a deeper look at the three different women’s gymnastics uniforms. “We ...
When Simone Biles raises her arms to salute the Olympic judges in Paris this summer, she will be wearing nearly 10,000 hand-placed crystals weighing almost a pound. Subscribe to read this story ...
Though gymnasts uniforms are mostly functional, they can also carry great significance and symbolism through color, silhouette, and design choice. Through the years, it’s remained fairly constant that ...
Later this month, Team USA will be heading to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Notably, the US Olympic gymnastics team will include five leading athletes: Simon Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, ...
Gymnastics—like diving and figure skating—is an Olympic sport where artistry and aesthetics are intertwined with athleticism. As Simone Biles and her teammates catapult and contort their bodies this ...
Livvy Dunne sparkled during LSU gymnastic’s season-opener on Friday against the Iowa State Cyclones. The gymnast, who is currently in her fifth year as an LSU athlete graduate student after receiving ...
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