But during its evolution from ancient Greek tradition to modern Olympic sport, gymnastics has always been closely paired with ideas of national pride and identity. Ancient Greek athletes typically ...

Gymnastics super-coach Bela Karolyi ... good 15.7 (that alone should give you an idea at the geniuses behind modern gymnastics) - but nailed the gist of the completely subjective process that ...

Had she been introduced to the sport today, Latynina wonders: “Would I have started gymnastics or not?" "What we did is not comparable to what modern gymnasts do," she told Reuters at her home ...

The sport’s most popular discipline—artistic gymnastics—made its Olympic debut in 1896, at the first modern Games. Today, women artistic gymnasts compete for individual and team all-around ...

Artistic gymnastics, or gymnastics as it’s traditionally known, was part of the first “modern” Olympics in 1896, and has been part of every Summer Games since. It has undergone some changes ...

The pommel horse was introduced as a men's sport at the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was held again in 1904 but did not return as part of an Olympic gymnastics medal event until 1924.

Russia hoped for its first men’s world team title since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Instead, China is back atop the sport after a three-year hiatus, via the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The word gymnastics is derived from the ancient Greek “gymnazein,” meaning “to exercise naked.” The sport, now among the Olympics’ most beloved events, was born millennia ...