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Gymnastics

Sports

Simone Biles Would Like to Thank Herself

A profile of the gymnast.

Dvora Meyers Vice Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Sports

In Awe of Simone Biles' Greatness, With My Daughter and 25,000 Others

The author and his daughter make a pilgrimage to witness greatness.

Kevin Van Valkenburg ESPN Jun 2021 10min Permalink

Crime

Everyone Believed Larry Nassar

The predatory trainer may have just taken down USA Gymnastics. How did he deceive so many for so long?

Kerry Howley New York Nov 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

Aly Raisman Takes The Floor

In her fight to end sexual abuse, the Olympic champion is challenging the very institutions she led to glory.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Crime Sports

“This Is Bigger Than Myself”

How the women of U.S. Gymnastics found their voice.

Vanessa Grigoriadis Vanity Fair Jun 2018 30min Permalink

Crime Sports

Nassar Surrounded By Adults Who Enabled His Predatory Behavior

When confronted with reports that a doctor to top gymnasts was sexually abusing women and girls, most did nothing. And the abuse continued.

John Barr, Dan Murphy ESPN Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

Simone Biles Is the Best Gymnast in the World

A pre-Olympics profile of the now-gold medalist.

Reeves Wiedeman New Yorker May 2016 25min Permalink

Best Article

The Search For Nadia

Three years after her gold-medal performance – and amidst rumors of a fall from grace – the author travels to Transylvania to track down gymnast Nadia Comaneci. He also enjoys several drinks with her coach, Bela Karolyi.

Part of our Olympics primer, on the Longform blog.

Bob Ottum Sports Illustrated Nov 1979 25min Permalink