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one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus
the years of training required to become a champion gymnast
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Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War II, died at the age of 103 on Thursday, the Hungarian Olympic Committee said.
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Reuters, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Chiles was the only gymnast included in the collage.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Just this year, she's gone to bat for fellow gymnast Jordan Chiles amid the bronze medal controversy at this summer's Olympics, met up with tennis legend Serena Williams' daughter, and took in her first WNBA game, watching rookie phenom Caitlin Clark in action.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Having to count one of the two veteran gymnasts’ falls, the Bruins started with a 48.200 score — the Bruins’ lowest bars score since McDonald took over the program in 2023.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Chiles was the only gymnast included in the collage.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Just this year, she's gone to bat for fellow gymnast Jordan Chiles amid the bronze medal controversy at this summer's Olympics, met up with tennis legend Serena Williams' daughter, and took in her first WNBA game, watching rookie phenom Caitlin Clark in action.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
Having to count one of the two veteran gymnasts’ falls, the Bruins started with a 48.200 score — the Bruins’ lowest bars score since McDonald took over the program in 2023.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Gymnast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gymnast. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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