Gymnastics

2/1/2024 |  USA Gymnastics Partners With Samsonite (SportsTravel) USA Gymnastics has announced a partnership with Samsonite that will make the company the official luggage partner of the national team as it travels to training camps and domestic and international competitions, including the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris.

1/15/2024 |  Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear (Associated Press (AP)) LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Gymnastics Federation has granted neutral status to 30 athletes and officials from Belarus allowing them to take part in international competitions, although it is unclear how they could qualify for the Paris Olympics.

12/20/2023 |  Hartford to Host USA Gymnastics’ Core Hydration Classic (SportsTravel) USA Gymnastics has chosen Hartford, Connecticut, as the host for the Core Hydration Classic, which will act as a pathway to the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris for the country’s leading women’s gymnasts.
The event will take place May 17–18, 2024, at the XL Center. The 2024 Core Hydration Classic will be the final opportunity for women to qualify for the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, which will take place two weeks later in Fort Worth, Texas. The Fort Worth event is where USA Gymnastics will name the U.S. National Team members who will compete for Olympic berths at the 2024 Olympic Trials, June 27­–30 in Minneapolis.

10/12/2023 |  USOPC working on financial assistance for Mary Lou Retton, who remains hospitalized (USA TODAY) The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has begun a process to send financial assistance to Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympic gymnastics gold medalist whose daughter says she is “fighting for her life,” USOPC spokeswoman Kate Hartman told USA TODAY Sports Thursday morning. 

9/15/2023 |  SEC Gymnastics Championship Returns to New Orleans (SportsTravel) The Southeastern Conference will host the 2024 SEC Gymnastics Championships at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on March 23, returning to the site of the 2019 championships where an event-record crowd of 10,505 attended the two-session competition.
“The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation is proud to once again partner with ASM Global to bid upon and manage the 2024 SEC Gymnastics Championship in New Orleans,” said Sports Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Cicero. “The 2019 Championship was a great success, and we are excited to be given another opportunity to put SEC Gymnastics on display in South Louisiana. We look forward to creating an unforgettable experience for the universities, their student athletes and all SEC fans.”