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Auburn gymnast Sunisa Lee gathers with teammates before performing at a meet at the University of Michigan, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A record crowd came out to watch Lee, the reigning Olympic champion, and Auburn take on defending national champion Michigan. The arrival of Lee and several of her Olympic teammates at the collegiate level is helping fuel a spike in interest and participation in NCAA women's gymnastics. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
'Beacon of goodness': NCAA women's gymnastics is booming

By Will Graves Mar. 29, 2022 06:07 PM EDT

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Sunisa Lee, of United States, reacts as she poses for a picture after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame

By Will Graves Jul. 30, 2021 07:59 AM EDT

Jessica O'Beirne, right, interviews Mandy Mohamed, an artistic gymnast from Egypt, after the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Many in the world of gymnastics have a love-hate relationship with their noisy, often noxious, corner of the internet that they call the gymternet. O'Beirne started her podcast in 2012 because she didn’t like how mainstream media covered the sport. Women athletes were often infantilized and presented as objects without agency. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The 'gymternet': Gymnastics' devoted, sometimes toxic fans

By Claire Galofaro Jul. 30, 2021 07:52 AM EDT

Sunisa Lee, of United States, poses for a picture after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
'Happy tears': Lee's gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota

By Steve Karnowski Jul. 29, 2021 04:47 PM EDT

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Sunisa Lee, of the United States, embraces teammate Jade Carey after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
American gymnast Sunisa Lee takes Olympic gold

By Will Graves Jul. 29, 2021 09:25 AM EDT

Candice Walker, left, and her sister Delissa, co-owners of Power Moves Gymnastics and Fitness, pose in their facility, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Cedarhurst, N.Y. The business they started in 2012 was in a space so small it's now a barber shop. They moved to a warehouse in 2015 before opening at their current location last August in Cedarhurst, just east of New York City. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
'This can be me': Black participation rising in gymnastics

By Will Graves Jul. 23, 2021 01:24 PM EDT

Simone Biles performs during the vault at the U.S. Classic gymnastics meet in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Biles and who? Olympic picture cloudy at US Championships

By Will Graves Jun. 02, 2021 07:06 PM EDT

UCLA Bruins gymnast Nia Dennis competes in the floor exercise against BYU during a gymnastics meet in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Viral and vital, college gymnasts finding their voice

By Will Graves Feb. 12, 2021 06:47 PM EST

FILE - In this June 5, 1983, file photo, Dianne Durham, right, of Gary, Ind., gives autographs after winning the women's title at the McDonald's U.S.A. Gymnastic Championships at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, She was 52. (AP Photo/Lisa Genesen, File)
Durham, first Black US women's gymnastics champion, dies

By Will Graves Feb. 04, 2021 06:18 PM EST

FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, United States' Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal for the men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
In 2012, Bolt, Phelps cemented legendary status at Olympics

By Rob Harris Aug. 17, 2020 02:46 PM EDT

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Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. ...

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