Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/gymnastics/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/gymnastics/ 144 144 Rebeca Andrade Becomes Most Decorated Brazilian Olympian of All-Time https://remezcla.com/sports/rebeca-andrade-becomes-most-decorated-brazilian-olympian-of-all-time/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:07:36 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=375023 Rebeca Andrade is in a league of her own. The 25-year-old Brazilian gymnast finished the gymnastics competition in Paris 2024 by capturing gold in the floor exercise and becoming the most decorated Brazilian Olympian ever. It was the second Olympic gold of Andrade’s career, after achieving the same feat in vault in Tokyo 2020. She

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]]> Image Size News and Lists (11) PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 5: Gold medal winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates with the brazilian flag while women´s floor exercise final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Rodolfo Buhrer/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) Ángel Barajas Makes History with Colombia’s First-Ever Olympics Medal in Gymnastics https://remezcla.com/sports/angel-barajas-makes-history-colombia-first-ever-olympics-medal-gymnastics/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:58:30 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=375015 Ángel Barajas is an Olympic medalist. The 17-year-old became the first Colombian to achieve an Olympic medal in the gymnastics discipline by winning a silver in the high bar competition on Monday, August 5th. He is also the youngest medalist in a men’s individual event since 1988. And he was so, so close to gold

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]]> Image Size News and Lists (10) 05 August 2024, France, Paris: Olympics, Paris 2024, gymnastics, high bar, men, final, Angel Barajas from Colombia celebrates silver. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo by Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images) Simone Biles & Rebeca Andrade Show You Can Root For Your Rivals in Heartwarming Exchange https://remezcla.com/sports/simone-biles-rebeca-andrade-root-for-your-rivals-heartwarming-exchange-paris-olympics/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:31:11 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=374960 Simone Biles from the United States and Rebeca Andrade from Brazil showed what sportsmanship is all about while competing in the All-Around Gymnastics final on Thursday, August 1, 2024. Biles won the gold medal in the event, while Andrade won the silver. Sunisa Lee from the United States went on to capture bronze. But the

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]]> Image Size News and Lists (7) PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Silver medal winner Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, Gold medalist and winner Simone Biles of USA and Bronze medal winner Sunisa Lee of USA (L-R) celebrate with the medals after the women's Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stefan Matzke - sampics/Getty Images) Brazilian Gymnast Flavia Saraiva Takes Brutal Fall at Olympics — & She Keeps Going https://remezcla.com/sports/brazilian-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-takes-brutal-fall-at-olympics-she-keeps-going/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:05:59 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=374705 Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva is going viral for a good thing – and a bad thing. The gymnast took a nasty fall while warming up at the uneven bars during the gymnastics team finals on Tuesday, July 30th. Afterward, she was seen sporting a black eye and a bandage over her eye for the entire

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]]> Image Size News and Lists (1) PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 30: Flavia Saraiva of Team Brazil competes on the Floor during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Panamanian Gymnast Hillary Heron Makes History During 2024 Paris Olympics https://remezcla.com/sports/panamanian-hillary-heron-makes-history-first-gymnast-simone-biles-move-olympics/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:38:37 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=374634 Panamanian gymnast Hillary Heron is making her own kind of history. Heron became the first gymnast other than Simone Biles to land a tumbling pass named after the gymnast – and she did so while competing against Simone Biles in Paris 2024 Olympics. Heron landed the move, a complicated double layout dubbed the “Biles I,”

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]]> Image Size News and Lists (5) PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Hillary Heron of Team Panama competes in the floor exercise during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) Hezly Rivera Talks 2024 Olympics, Her Faith & Dominican Background https://remezcla.com/features/sports/interview-hezly-rivera-talks-2024-olympics-her-faith-dominican-background/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:19:28 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?post_type=re_features&p=374256 Hezly Rivera is ready to represent Latinas at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 16-year-old gymnast is the newest and youngest member of this year’s U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team. And Remezcla got a chance to speak with Rivera about the upcoming Olympics, her faith, and what it means to represent the Dominican Republic on one

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]]> hezly_rivera MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JUNE 30: Hezly Rivera competes on the floor exercise on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center on June 30, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Meet Hezly Rivera, the 16-Year-Old Dominican-American Headed to the 2024 Paris Olympics https://remezcla.com/sports/who-is-hezly-rivera-16-year-old-dominican-2024-paris-olympics/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:58:10 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=372673 Dominican-American Hezly Rivera is headed to Paris. The 16-year-old gymnast is confirmed to be part of Team USA’s five-women Olympic team and will be representing the United States alongside big names like Simone Biles in the Summer Olympics, which are set to begin on Friday, July 26th. The gymnastics competition, in particular, starts July 27th. 

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]]> Hezly Rivera MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JUNE 30: Hezly Rivera prepares for her uneven bars routine on Day Four of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center on June 30, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Meet Rebeca Andrade, the Brazilian Gymnast Giving Simone Biles Competition https://remezcla.com/sports/meet-rebeca-andrade-the-brazilian-gymnast-giving-simone-biles-competition/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:00:12 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=359818 The world of artistic gymnastics has been dominated by Simone Biles, arguably the best gymnast of all-time, for over a decade. In the past few years, however, Brazilian Rebeca Andrade has emerged as not just a great gymnast, but the only gymnast capable of giving Biles a run for her money. But the journey for

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]]> Rebeca Andrade Sports Brasil's Rebeca Andrade competes in the Women's Floor Final during the 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, in Antwerp, northern Belgium, on October 8, 2023. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) Mexican Gymnastics Team Among Those Stranded in Israel — Here’s the Latest https://remezcla.com/culture/mexican-gymnastics-team-among-those-stranded-israel-heres-the-latest/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:26:55 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=358838 The Mexican National Rhythmic Gymnastics is among those stuck in Israel during its conflict with Hamas.  On Monday, October 9th, the team requested assistance from the Mexican government to return home in a video post on Instagram, gaining immediate traction on social media. The request comes amid a violent escalation in the Israel-Hamas war that

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]]> Mexican Gymnastics Team PESARO, ITALY - 2022/06/05: Mexico group team during the Rhythmic Gymnastics FIG World Cup 2022 Pesaro at Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro. (Photo by Fabrizio Carabelli/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Brazil Makes History at Gymnastics World Championships 2023 https://remezcla.com/sports/brazil-makes-history-at-gymnastics-world-championships-2023/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:06:11 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=357947 Brazil has made history at the 2023 Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first South American team to ever win a medal in the team competition. Brazil’s score in the qualifying round had already qualified them for Paris 2024 as a team. Led by Simone Biles, the U.S. took the gold and their seventh straight team

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]]> Brazil Gymnastics Sports ANTWERP, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 04: Silver medalists of Team Brazil pose for a photo during the medal ceremony for the Women's Team Final on Day Five of the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on October 04, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)