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Diana Moskovitz

U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman are sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of U.S. gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Gymnastics

Congress Has Little More Than Apologies For Larry Nassar’s Victims

Kalyn Kahler

Olympics

Simone Biles Won A Medal For Herself

What It Feels Like To Have The Twisties

Simone Biles Withdrew And Team USA Rallied for Silver

<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>


Dvora Meyers

Tenths Do Matter, Even When You’ve Got Simone Biles

NBC’s Gymnastics Broadcast Didn’t Tell The Whole Story

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

Women’s Gymnastics Is Blasting Into The Future, But Its Scoring Code Is Stuck In The Past

GOAT To Go For Gold Without Goldie The Goat

The Draw Of Simone Biles

Simone Biles does the Yurchenko double pike while competing on the vault during the 2021 GK U.S. Classic gymnastics competition at the Indiana Convention Center on May 22, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Biles became the first woman in history to land the Yurchenko double pike in competition.

Basking In The Glory Of Simone Biles, Yet Again

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Simone Biles