LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes have the kind of high-profile, easily describable relationship with which even casual sports fans are familiar. Dunne does crazy flips, Skenes throws 100 mph, and never the twain shall meet……until Saturday. At Fanatics Fest in Manhattan, Dunne entertained onlookers by doing cartwheels while dressed as Skenes; the Westwood, N.J. native even took a crack at throwing a pitch while donning a false mustache.Skenes’s Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 7–2 Saturday, but it’s good to know Pittsburgh has additional pitching help if needed—at least until college gymnastics season rolls around.Livvy Dunne…

Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu received her bronze medal Friday. She is now officially the newly-crowned third-place finisher in the Paris Olympics women’s floor exercise final after a lot of deliberation. She received the medal nearly two weeks after being reduced to tears when it was stripped from her on the competition floor. When the Paris Olympics gymnastics competition ended 11 days ago, Jordan Chiles held the medal. She and her teammates returned home thinking she had just won the bronze, her first Olympic medal in an individual event. However, she had the medal in part because of a successful appeal by U.S. coaches…

All Israeli eyes were on Daria Atamanov in Rhythmic Gymnastics on Thursday as the Paris Olympic Games approached the final few days of competitionIn the Individual All-Around Qualification stage, Atamanov finished the ball routine with a score of 32.700 and hoop with a score of 33.250 to place her 11th overall ahead of her routines in ribbon and clubs. In ribbon, Atamanov scored 32.400 in a fantastic routine and then added a 32.100 in clubs to finish the qualification round with an overall score of 130.450 good for seventh place as she advanced to the finals being one of the…

Jordan Chiles. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Gymnast Jordan Chiles will not be forgetting the moment she won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “Honestly, there were so many emotions going through my body in that moment,” Chiles, 23, said during the Thursday, August 8, episode of Today. “There [were] a lot of things happening, [from] me not being on the podium to me being on the podium. I think the biggest thing is just always understanding not to doubt yourself, and just to let everything ride out how it’s supposed to be.” During the Monday, August 5, floor exercise final, Chiles…

Jordan Chiles is congratulated by coach Cecile Landi and teammate Simone Biles after dramatically claiming the bronze medal on a score change after the Women’s Floor Final during the Artistic Gymnastics competition at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on August 5th. Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Team USA women’s gymnastics coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi is done with the drama surrounding Jordan Chiles’ 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medal. Canqueteau-Landi, 44, congratulated Chiles, 23, and Simone Biles on their Olympics wins in a Tuesday, August 6, Instagram upload. She took to the post’s comments to respond to a user who accused her…

When the United States women’s gymnastics team won gold in Paris, Simone Biles clapped back at a former teammate.Tokyo Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner called out the 2024 team’s work ethic, “besides Simone,” in a since-deleted video.Biles posted a collage of photos on Instagram showing her and her teammates carrying the American flag across the floor to celebrate their gold medal victory in the team final. In her post on Instagram, Biles did not mince words.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Simone Biles stands at the award ceremony with her gold medal. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)”Lack of talent,…

MyKayla Skinner’s husband, Jonas Harmer, said he’s “proud” of her amid her social media drama with Simone Biles. “Proud of you for apologizing when you did, staying quiet when you did, and now standing up for yourself. You’re the strongest person I know!” Harmer commented under Skinner’s Instagram apology video Tuesday. Skinner’s clash with Biles began in June when the former criticized the Team USA women’s gymnastics team in a since-deleted YouTube video. MyKayla Skinner’s husband, Jonas Harmer (seen with the gymnast above), supported her on Instagram Tuesday amid her ongoing beef with Simone Biles. Instagram/jonas.harmer “Proud of you for…

Medal table | Olympic schedule | How to watch | Olympic newsThe Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee has appealed the results of the gymnastics floor routine at the Paris Games on behalf of gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, whom it believes should have been awarded a medal.The ROSC announced the appeal on Wednesday that’s been filed with International Gymnastics Federation.”With respect to Olympic values, the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee forwards this address, by which it respectfully requests you to order the re-analysis by the decision-making factors of the case of the Romanian athlete Sabrina Maneca Voinea regarding the score given to…

MyKayla Skinner has the support of her husband amid a flap with American star gymnast Simone Biles. Skinner has been at the center of the viral spat with Biles after the former called out Team USA’s lack of “work ethic” before the 2024 Olympics. Biles then seemingly shaded Skinner in a social media post after the U.S. gymnastics won gold in the team all-around event, furthering the beef by writing “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,” as an Instagram caption. Skinner did apologize before the Summer Games, but she further detailed — in a Tuesday video on Instagram — the…

Amidst drama with MyKayla Skinner, gymnast Simone Biles stands by speaking up for her teammates.In a post-Olympics interview with People magazine on Tuesday, Biles explained why it was important to speak up. “It’s important because you have to teach them to use their voices…And if not, you’re a voice for the voiceless, which is okay.”Biles is seemingly referring to the jab she threw at retired gymnast and former Olympic teammate MyKayla Skinner on Instagram last week. Back in July, Skinner was critical of Team USA’s current roster in a since-deleted YouTube video. In the video, Skinner called into question the…