Gymnastics has come a long way in the past 70 years. Early gold medal winners on the balance beam look entirely different from the modern sport. Even with more complex moves, it still comes down to ...

I miss Svetlana Khorkina. I miss her shade-throwing and dagger glares and how she was like a foot taller than everyone she was competing against. I miss her screaming with the fury of a silent-screen ...

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Of all the playing surfaces in sports, none is more unforgiving than the balance beam. It measures 10 centimeters wide — barely wider than a hockey puck — 5 meters long and stands 1.2 meters above the ...

If you've been tuning into Olympic gymnastics this year, you've probably noticed one unusual thing about the events — that it appears as though the men and women athletes are practically performing ...