Olympic Gold: Men's gymnastics struggling to survive

FILE - John Roethlisberger, of Falcon Heights, Minn., hugs his dad Fred after his final event in the men's 2000 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Boston, in this Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, file photo. Roethlisberger was chosen for the U.S. Olympic team. The cutback in NCAA athletic programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt acutely in men's gymnastics. For decades Division I programs have produced an overwhelming majority of the US Olympic team. The number of Division I programs, however, is shrinking. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. That will drop the number of Division I schools to 11. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Shane Wiskus, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics event Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Indianapolis. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering men's gymnastics as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. Wiskus wants to be part of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. It's one of the reasons he left Minnesota last fall for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Michael Moran, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics event Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Indianapolis. A junior from Morristown, New Jersey, Moran admits there were people within his inner circle who discouraged him from competing collegiately because they viewed his chosen sport as a “dying entity.” The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

FILE - Team USA's John Roethlisberger performs his routine on the pommel horse during the men's all around competition at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, in this Wednesday, July 24, 1996, file photo. The cutback in NCAA athletic programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt acutely in men's gymnastics. For decades Division I programs have produced an overwhelming majority of the US Olympic team. The number of Division I programs, however, is shrinking. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. That will drop the number of Division I schools to 11. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, File)

Michael Moran, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Indianapolis. A junior from Morristown, New Jersey, Moran admits there were people within his inner circle who discouraged him from competing collegiately because they viewed his chosen sport as a “dying entity.” The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Shane Wiskus, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics event Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Indianapolis. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering men's gymnastics as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. Wiskus wants to be part of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. It's one of the reasons he left Minnesota last fall for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Shane Wiskus, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics event Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Indianapolis. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering men's gymnastics as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. Wiskus wants to be part of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. It's one of the reasons he left Minnesota last fall for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)