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USA Gymnastics Foundation

USA Gymnastics Foundation Unveils New Strategic Vision

The newly reconstituted USA Gymnastics Foundation board of directors has unveiled a strategic vision in the principle of being “The All-Around Champion for the Sport.” “It is important to the Foundation that our mission reflects the direction of the sport as a whole,” said USA Gymnastics Board Chair John Deary. “We will fundraise and invest […]

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Gymnastics Preview Olympics
Sunisa Lee competes in the floor exercise during the 2024 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Jim Cowsert, File)

New Orleans Selected to Host 2025 U.S Gymnastics Championships

New Orleans has been selected to host the 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships and the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show. The event, hosted by Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, will be staged at the Smoothie King Center, August 7–10. It will be the first time in 30 years that New Orleans has hosted the […]

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Big 12 gymnastics

Big 12 Gymnastics Championships Headed to Utah

The Maverik Center in West Valley, Utah, will host the Big 12 Conference Gymnastics Championships in 2025, 2026 and 2027, the league has announced. Since the conference’s first season in 1997, the gymnastics championship has only been held at an off-campus site three times: 2004, 2016 and 2017. The 2025 season will be the first […]

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USA Gymnastics Rhode Island

Providence to Host 2025 USA Gymnastics Championships

Providence, Rhode Island, will host the 2025 USA Gymnastics Championships from June 16–21 at the Amica Mutual Pavillion and the Rhode Island Convention Center. The meet is the national championship for rhythmic, trampoline and tumbling and acrobatic gymnastis. Roughly 2,000 gymnasts compete across the elite and development divisions each year. Elite athletes, including Olympians and […]

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KC Session
The session "Breaking New Ground — The First Women’s Professional Sports Venue" included KC Current General Manager Stefanie Tomlin (center) and Derek Byrne, director of Content Strategy at Visit KC (right). Jared Wickerham photo

TEAMS ’24 Highlights Women’s Sports Movement in Kansas City

In a year when women’s sports have had a breakthrough, one project stands out above the rest. Earlier this year, the KC Current of the National Women’s Soccer League opened the first stadium in the world devoted to a professional women’s sports team. In this session, hear from team and destination leaders on how the […]

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Biles Floor
Simone Biles of the United States flies throgh the air during the floor exercise in the women's team competition at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris on Tuesday. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Biles, Ledecky, Marchand, Nadal — An Olympics Made for Legends

PARIS — There are things the IOC would like you to believe about the Olympic Games that are not true — they are not harbingers of a better world with peace and not war. They are not a place where politics does not matter. They are not a place where there is an equal playing […]

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Gymnastics Fans
Suni Lee performs on the balance beam in front of a large U.S. crowd during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in France. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

American Fans Make Athletes Feel at Home at Paris Olympics

PARIS — One of the major successes for the Olympic Summer Games so far has been the atmosphere. From the French men’s rugby sevens’ epic run to a gold medal and other French athletes following with medals of their own, the home country’s fans have packed the stands. But another noticeable noise at every event […]

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OLY–Volleyball Glance
Jordan Larson spikes the ball during a U.S. women's volleyball semifinal match against Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The one thing Larson will not forget when packing before the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is vitamins and recovery tools. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

What to Pack for the Summer Olympics When You’re an Olympian

Some of the best athletes in the world in their respective sports will be in the spotlight during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games — but before they get to Paris, they have to pack for Paris. So what are the things they can’t leave home without? SportsTravel has canvassed opinions from dozens of […]

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Simone Biles
Simone Biles is one of the top athletes that other Olympic athletes would like to see in action at the 2024 Games in Paris. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

What Olympic Events Do Olympians Want to Attend?

Some of the best athletes in the world in their respective sports will be in the spotlight during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games — but what events or things would they like to see and do when in Paris? SportsTravel has canvassed opinions from dozens of athletes between the Team USA Media Summit […]

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Auburn Suni Lee Gymnastics
Suni Lee, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Lee will be part of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials for gymnastics in her home state of Minnesota this month. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

For Minneapolis, U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, Suni Lee and Simone Biles is Perfect 10

There’s a saying in women’s gymnastics that making Team USA for the Olympics may be even harder than winning an Olympic gold medal in itself, the competition is so deep. That remains the case this year with multiple all-around Olympic gold medalists competing for spots at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for gymnastics, which this […]

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