After scoring a whopping three medals – one gold, two silver – in the recent Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Aly Raisman confirmed she would be returning to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The decorated gymnast is currently 22 years old and will be 26 when the next Olympic Games come around.…
Like witnessing teachers outside of school, it’s admittedly a little confusing to see Olympians outside of, well, the Olympics. Just a week after the end of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, many American athletes arrived at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden to prove that they can still shine…
Is your favorite Olympian a crier, a screamer, or an air puncher?
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For gymnasts, being short is totally an advantage. These powerfully petite young women catapult their bodies into the air for tucks, turns, tumbles, and twists, so any excess height might inhibit their ability to get the rotations and height they need to get the gold. Related Stories:Meet Team USA’s Rockstar Women’s Gymnastics Squad As such,…
Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez were already vaulting and flipping like pros at an age when most of us still needed training wheels.
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It’s impossible not to flip over USA gymnast Aly Raisman’s balance beam skills. Watch to see 60 seconds of gymnastics perfection!
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Image Source: Getty / Alex Livesey / Stringer Team USA dominated the gymnastics events once again, with Simone Biles taking the gold and Aly Raisman silver in the individual all-around gymnastics finals at the Rio Olympic Games. Simone was the gold-medal favorite going into the event, and taking silver is especially meaningful for Aly, who…
To say we are excited about watching Team USA compete in gymnastics at the Rio Olympics would be the understatement of the century. From Laurie Hernandez’s stellar beam routine to the glory that is Simone Biles, we’re eagerly awaiting the competitions to begin. Of course, we also can’t wait to watch Aly Raisman and Gabby…
At the 2012 London Games, watching Aly Raisman’s floor routine was a thing of beauty – and the judges agreed: Aly left London with a gold medal for floor. The opening tumbling pass, once deemed “impossible,” strung together four explosive moves that took all of seven seconds to complete. Now back to compete in this…
