Gymnastics

12/18/2024 |  Birmingham Announced as Host for 2025 SEC Gymnastics Championship (SportsTravel) The 2025 Southeastern Conference gymnastics championships will be March 22 at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, the eighth time the destination has hosted the event.
Birmingham has hosted in 2001, 2002 and 2003 at Bartow Arena; 2006, 2011 and 2014 at the former BJCC Arena and 2022 at the newly renovated Legacy Arena. In all seven conference championships in Birmingham, the Crimson Tide has never finished as low as second place with three championships in 2003, 2011 and 2014.

12/3/2024 |  USA Gymnastics Foundation Unveils New Strategic Vision (SportsTravel) The newly reconstituted USA Gymnastics Foundation board of directors has unveiled a strategic vision in the principle of being “The All-Around Champion for the Sport.”
“It is important to the Foundation that our mission reflects the direction of the sport as a whole,” said USA Gymnastics Board Chair John Deary. “We will fundraise and invest in supporting programs where the gymnastics community and athletic achievement thrive together.”

11/1/2024 |  ‘There’s beauty in being vulnerable’: Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles open up about the importance of leading by example (CNN Sports)              Jordan Chiles knew her friend was hurting. It was July 28, 2021, and while America was waking up to the shocking news that Simone Biles was withdrawing from the gymnastics all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Chiles could only think about how devastated her teammate must be.     

9/25/2024 |  U.S. gymnast Chiles says video evidence should be considered in bronze medal appeal (Reuters Sports) Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles said video evidence of the Paris Olympics floor exercise final proves she followed the rules and should be taken into consideration by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as she continues her battle to regain the bronze medal.

9/19/2024 |  TruGolf Links Expands Into the Chicago and NW Indiana Region (SGB UPDATE) TruGolf Links Franchising, LLC, owned by TruGolf Holdings, Inc., the golf simulator software and hardware manufacturer, announced that it signed its second regional development deal.
Led by entrepreneurs Bob Early and Ron Rzansa, the deal includes the Chicago suburbs into the northwest region of Indiana and the rights to open 80 owned or franchised locations.