Agnes Keleti, the most decorated female Jewish Olympic athlete of all-time, celebrated her 99th birthday on January 9, making this a prime time to shine the light on her accomplishments on and off the gymnastics floor. You don't have to look far to see how fierce Keleti has been throughout her entire life. Yes, she's a 10-time medal winner, including [...]
Chelsea Werner, a 26-year-old woman from Danville, Calif. with Down syndrome, realizes that life is all about balance. It's something the former champion gymnast learned away from the balance beam. Werner, who still competes in gymnastics around the world, is also a model. She signed with We Speak, a New York-based agency that aims to create a positive change in fashion [...]
As an oral historian, Don Norton has listened to countless life stories. But, he's living quite the tale himself, especially as an 81-year-old gymnast. The retired Brigham Young University English professor with a passion for oral history and personal stories can still flip around the horizontal bar with relative ease and even turn out a back flip dismount. Norton was [...]
It was an incredible year for us at Purpose2Play. In April, we became a proud affiliate of FanSided, the fastest-growing digital content network in sports. With the move, the powerful and often under-the-radar sports stories we provide have flourished, and we cannot wait for 2018 and another year of telling the sports stories that deserve to be told. But first, [...]
U.S. gymnast Morgan Hurd was thrilled to capture the all-around title in Montreal at the world gymnastics championships over the weekend, but she was absolutely over-the-top excited after a congratulatory tweet by British author J.K Rowling. Just 16 years old and wearing braces and thick glasses, Hurd took second in the balance beam and came back from two tenths of a [...]
You could argue there's no bigger star in gymnastics right now than 91-year-old Johanna Quaas. The German athlete who got her start in the sport in 1934 is able to pull off moves most people in their 30s cannot. That's why she was invited on NBC's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young," which aired Wednesday to highlight seniors who are still [...]
At 91, Johanna Quaas is becoming an international star. As the world's oldest gymnast, she pulls off moves like cartwheels and headstands, and even has the strength to balance herself on only her arms on the parallel bars. On Wednesday, she will appear on NBC's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young" (July 5, 8 p.m. ET), where she will perform on [...]
At an age when simply stepping off a curb can present challenges, 91-year-old Johanna Quaas is doing cartwheels, headstands, and working the parallel bars better than someone half her age. That's because Quaas is the oldest competitive gymnast in the world. According to The Straits Times, she got her start in the sport at 10 years old, but soon had [...]
Simone Biles is on an absolute tear. On Sunday, she became the first American woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal on vault. With the victory, she also became the first female gymnast from the U.S. to win three golds in one Olympics. The 19-year-old Texasn averaged a 15.966 on her two vaults in the finals. No. 1: [...]
Having a good coach in gymnastics isn't just important. It's actually life-saving. A camera was rolling as gymnasts warmed up on the uneven bars prior to the Artistic Gymnastics Ontario Championships. What it caught was a heads-up coach, who stepped in to catch an 11-year-old girl when she lost her grip and nearly fell face first onto the mat. That's [...]
