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Jordan Chiles of Team United States is seen prior to competing in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France.

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A picture taken in Lausanne on February 7, 2024, shows the entrance of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Bronze medalist Jordan Chiles of Team United States celebrates after the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Bercy Arena on August 5, 2024 in Paris, France.

Gymnastics And IOC Leadership Found A Way To Screw Over Everyone

<p>Dvora Meyers is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes about gymnastics and other topics in her newsletter, <a href="https://dvora.substack.com/">Unorthodox Gymnastics.</a></p>


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Simone Biles after landing a Yurchenko double pike dismount at the GK U.S. Classic.