Tag: Simone Biles
TSX DAILY: Terrific Pan Am Games close in Lima, with clouds ahead, while Biles...
= TSX DAILY ~ 12 August 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: What did we learn from the Lima Pan Ams? It’s going to get harder going forward
Any...
GYMNASTICS: Biles sensational on all four apparatus to wrap up sixth U.S. title, but...
Simone Biles is nothing if not determined. And after a hop here and a stumble there, she was resolute that Sunday evening’s second All-Around...
GYMNASTICS: Biles wins All-Around I, but isn’t happy about it; Lee surprises in second.
“Tonight was pretty rough.”
That was Simone Biles’s summary of her night on the first of two All-Arounds at the USA Gymnastics National Championships at...
TSX DAILY: U.S. swimmers win 11 medals in one night; world record for Brady...
= TSX DAILY ~ 8 August 2019 =
| 1. | PAN AMERICAN GAMES: U.S. swimmers win six of seven events, score 11 medals in one session!
USA Swimming...
GYMNASTICS Preview: Biles and Mikulak looking to make history at U.S. Nationals in Kansas...
The gateway to the 2019 World Championships in gymnastics is in Kansas City, where the USA Gymnastics National Championships will take place from Thursday...
TSX Daily: American teen Evy Leibfarth strikes Pan Am gold in Canoe Slalom, but...
= TSX DAILY ~ 6 August 2019 =
| 1. | CANOE/SLALOM: American Olympic fans, remember this name for Tokyo: Evy Leibfarth
One of the powers of...
GYMNASTICS: No doubt about Biles in GK U.S. Classic, but McCusker shines in second
Superstar gymnast Simone Biles easily won the All-Around at the GK U.S. Classic and confirmed her position as the top American gymnast with an...
GYMNASTICS Preview: America’s best – including Biles and Hurd – in GK U.S. Classic...
The cream of U.S. women’s gymnastics is set for action this weekend in the GK U.S. Classic in Louisville, Kentucky, essentially a warm-up for...
GYMNASTICS: Biles wins All-Around in Stuttgart; two wins for Carey in Baku
A nice weekend for the U.S. women with victories in both FIG World Cups, including two impressive wins for Jade Carey in the Apparatus...
GYMNASTICS Preview: Simone Biles headlines Stuttgart All-Around World Cup, with an Apparatus World Cup...
Two gymnastics World Cup events are on tap this weekend, an Apparatus-only event in Azerbaijan and an All-Around World Cup in Stuttgart (GER) featuring...
GLOBETROTTING: Hanyu, Ledecká rise above it all in a year when world sport needed...
by Phil Hersh
(For 28 years the Olympic Games specialist for the Chicago Tribune, Hersh is one of the true experts in the field and...
LANE ONE: The top Olympic-sport stories of 2018, part I: Thrills, yes, but also...
As the calendar runs out on 2018, it’s worth looking back at the stories that were the most compelling, the most exciting and the...
GYMNASTICS: Historic Worlds for Simone Biles ends in Doha
The 2018 FIG World Championships in Doha (QAT) will be remembered for many things, not least of which is the first time this event...
GYMNASTICS: Biles makes history with fourth world All-Around title
With the team competition over and a fourth straight World Championships gold medal for the United States secured, it’s now Simone Biles’ opportunity to...
GYMNASTICS: U.S. women win fourth straight Worlds team title
For the fourth straight time, the United States women’s gymnastics team won the Team All-Around title at the FIG World Championships, being held in...
GYMNASTICS: U.S. men & women advance to World Champs Team Finals
The teams who entered the 2018 FIG World Championships in Doha (QAT) had one goal above all others: qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games...
GYMNASTICS: Russia leads first men’s qualifying group at World Champs
The 2018 FIG World Championships are underway at the Aspire Dome in Doha (QAT), with the men’s team qualifying competition.
After the first four groups...
GYMNASTICS Preview: Biles and Uchimura return to World Champs
The gymnastics world essentially took a year off in 2017, with a World Championships which did not include a team competition and many of...
LANE ONE: Mary Bono resigns from USA Gymnastics; Translation: “Who needs this !@#$ ?”
The world’s no. 1 women’s gymnastics team is now part of a worldwide laughing stock as Mary Bono, hired as the interim Chief Executive...
GYMNASTICS: Biles and McCusker lead U.S. World Champs team
USA Gymnastics announced that its women’s team for the 2018 World Championships in Doha (WAT) will include Olympic and World Champion Simone Biles and...
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