Olympians who tried the movies, especially in the 1980s, often fared poorly.
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A South Korean Olympian Gets to Play an Assassin, but Some Before Her Have Flopped
Olympians who tried the movies, especially in the 1980s, often fared poorly.
Head of Panel That Ruled Against Jordan Chiles Represents Romania in Other Cases
The decision outraged U.S. Olympic and gymnastics officials, and led to a torrent of online abuse against both Chiles and Ana Barbosu, the Romanian athlete who ended up with the bronze.
Why Did Jordan Chiles Lose a Bronze Medal?
An inquiry by Chiles’s coach led judges to adjust her score and give her a medal. A court ruled the inquiry came too late. Now, the I.O.C. wants her bronze back.
How Did Simone Biles Become the G.O.A.T.?
She sealed her legacy with four medals at the Paris Games. She created it by being herself and going at her own pace.
Biles’s Small Slip Stalls Medal Run in Paris Olympics
Four of the eight gymnasts fell off the beam, including Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee, the other American in the event. Alice D’Amato of Italy won the gold medal.
Simone Biles’s gold-medal-winning Yurchenko double pike, frame by frame.
Biles won her second Olympic vault title — eight years after her first in Rio — with her signature Yurchenko double pike and then a vault called a Cheng.
For Simone Biles, a Long Road Back Is Paved in Gold
After winning the all-around gymnastics title, she wore a sparkly necklace in the shape of a goat, for Greatest of All Time. But she is not done yet: She has three more chances to win medals in Paris.
Paris Olympics: Why Gymnast Kaylia Nemour Is Competing for Algeria, Not France
A bitter fight with the French gymnastics federation threatened the Olympic hopes of Kaylia Nemour. Dual nationality offered a way out.
How the U.S. reclaimed its golden crown in women’s gymnastics final.
The United States pulled away, winning ahead of Italy, which won its first team medal since 1928, and Brazil, which claimed its first team medal ever.