Wayzata’s coaches made sure to put their gymnasts through “pressure sets” on the balance beam over the last couple weeks of practice. Coaches would scream as the athletes get on the beam, or dive ...

NORMAN ― K.J. Kindler stood alone across the practice gym, her eyes locked on the gymnast on the balance beam. The OU women’s gymnastics coach changed positions as she watched. Hands on her hips, head ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brody Penn tried every sport as a kid. He started with gymnastics, but his parents worried the gym was too far away. So they signed him up for baseball and soccer, only to have a ...

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has been competing in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, France. There’s one thing that Biles and many of the other gymnasts have done during the competition that has ...

At the beginning of this season, the balance beam proved a tough challenge for Georgia. Because multiple gymnasts fell in routines across several meets, beam became the key area of emphasis for the ...

The unusually quiet arena may have played a factor in a shaky balance beam final for Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and a handful of other event finalists Monday. Biles, Lee, Brazil's Julia Soares and ...

The balance beam final for women's gymnastics at the 2024 Olympics saw an unexpected number of falls and wobbles, but the gymnasts who competed in the event said they noticed something unusual during ...