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Best You: Peszeks Olympics story is now an inspirational book for children Hoosier Sam Peszek was injured just before she was to compete in the 2008 Games. How she coped with the setback are lessons she says she still carries today. Credit: AP UCLAs Samantha Peszek competes on the balance beam during the NCAA womens gymnastics championships Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Author: Anne Marie Tiernon Updated: 1:16 AM EST Febr...

32-year-old Chellsie Memmel serious about gymnastics comeback, has sights on Olympics Trying to make the U.S. national team while competing against some athletes born the year Memmel stood atop the podium in Melbourne, Australia in 2005 as the best female gymnast on the planet — isnt a publicity stunt. By Will GravesThe Associated Press Read Article Former gymnastics world champion and Olympic silver medalist Chellsie Memmel works out Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New Berlin, Wisc. Memmel st...

Chellsie Memmel wants to emphasize something. This is not about ego nor unfinished business nor fending off some sort of early-onset midlife crisis. The 32-year-old Memmel’s return to competitive gymnastics after spending nearly a decade getting on with the rest of her life is about love. It’s about discipline. And an inside family joke that turned into something far more serious. She doesn’t need to do this. She’s got a world all-around gold medal tucked away somewhere. An ...

Share COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 2 Ohio State men’s gymnastics team extended its win streak to three meets with a 405.500-403.900 victory over No. 3 Penn State on Sunday at the Covelli Center. The Buckeyes earned their highest score of the season while handing the Nittany Lions their first loss of the year. Ohio State had season highs on pommel horse (67.000), rings (67.350) and parallel bars (68.450). The Buckeyes also claimed team titles on rings, parallel bars and vault (71.500). Individua...

by Olalla Cernuda on 15 Feb, 2021 09:26 • Español The World Triathlon Championship Abu Dhabi 2021 has been moved to a new date, 5-6 November, for the first time in five years, the local organisers announced. The decision, backed unanimously by the World Triathlon Executive Board, will not only allow more time for the current worldwide travel restrictions to ease, but will be able to serve as a test event for the 2022 Abu Dhabi World Triathlon Championship Finals, also taking place at the e...

Photo: Gavin Baker Photography Cayman Islands-based teenager Kyffin Simpson will drive for the new TJ Speed team in Formula Regional Americas this season. Simpson raced karts in America for several years before moving into car racing in United States Formula 4 with Velocity Racing Development. He picked up a best finish of sixth, before moving up to FRegional Americas with HMD Motorsports. After his nine-race spell at the end of 2020, Simpson returns with the series’ newest team. Created by l...

Jan 20, 2021 Yokohama – Teenage sensation Yuki Kawamura has drawn a spotlight to the Yokohama B-Corsairs, a club that has rarely been the subject of attention from B. League fans. The 19-year-old signed with Yokohama on a specially designated amateur player contract late last month, raising the profile of a team with a lackluster 10-17 record and earning comparisons to generational talents such as Yuta Tabuse of the Utusnomiya Brex and Yuki Togashi of the Chiba Jets Funabashi. Even s...

Preparation for Pakistan Derby afoot at LRC Sports January 17, 2021 LAHORE: Though the country’s most prestigious activity of equine sport, the Pakistan Derby, is around one and a half month away, preparation, endurance training and selection for finals trials are already afoot at the Lahore Race Club. In the lead-up to the preparation for the classic races, the 20th day winter meeting 2020-21 of the club on Sunday (today) has a term race of four-year-old ponies and fillies. The day will ha...

Jan 14, 2021 The Kawasaki Brave Thunders came through late — capitalizing on a strong offensive effort from Naoto Tsuji — to pull away for a 72-62 win over the Chiba Jets Funabashi in the quarterfinals of the prestigious Emperor’s Cup tournament on Wednesday night. Kawasaki booked a spot in the semifinals alongside the Alvark Tokyo, Utsunomiya Brex and SeaHorses Mikawa. The Brave Thunders will take on Mikawa while Utsunomiya and Tokyo will square off. The semifinals will be held ...

All-Japan High School The dominant Oka Gakuen High School girls basketball program added another Winter Cup trophy to its mantle with an 89-65 win over Tokyo Seitoku University High School in the All-Japan High School final at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Monday. The Aichi Prefecture School won its ... WHAT’S TRENDING