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I’m one of just five Black women in history to win the NCAA individual all-around title in gymnastics. It was a tremendous accomplishment which, when I won it two decades ago, left me elated.
Long before the successes of Haleigh Bryant and Trinity Thomas and the existence of HBCU programs Fisk and Talladega, Black NCAA gymnasts fought battle after battle to earn the recognition they ...
Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas are probably the first names that come to mind when you think about gymnastics. However, the truth is there’s a long list of Black female gymnasts to know in the ...
As a pioneering Black woman in gymnastics, Dawes says she was not only representing her country in the Olympic Games but her race. Gymnastics has witnessed a significant shift toward diversity.
At the Paris Games this summer, there is real potential for the U.S. gymnastics team to be entirely women of color, or majority Black, an indicator of how racially diverse the sport’s athletes ...
Gymnastics authorities in Ireland are responding to a video circulating on social media that shows an award ceremony last year in which a young Black gymnast is skipped over as medals are handed out.
At Tokyo 2020 she finished fourth in the beam final, the best Olympic result by a Canadian in any women's artistic gymnastics event. Black explained her longevity in a sport long dominated by ...
Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles capped an exhilarating gymnastics meet at the Paris ... They’re the first three Black gymnasts to share the top three spots in an Olympics ...
either join a historically black college or university (HBCU) or keep their gymnastics careers alive. HBCUs are cherished among black Americans as a chance to join the legacy of the historical ...