who’s honouring Simone & Suni now? 😀

Olympic champ Nina Derwael retires

On July 12, 2025 Nina Derwael married Thibau Dierickx.

Congratulations.

Three days later, on July 15th 2025, Nina announced her retirement from the sport.

Nina Derwael, the Tokyo Olympic uneven bars gold medalist from Belgium, has retired from gymnastics, according to her national federation.

“I achieved what I wanted and was able to achieve,” Derwael, 25, said in a press release, according to a translation. “I was able to prove what I was capable of.”

This past May, Derwael won her third European title on bars and her first on the balance beam, her first major championship medals since undergoing major surgery for a shoulder dislocation in September 2023. …

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Qiu Qiyuan – 24 Olympic Bars Final

Qiu Qiyuan was the silver medalist behind Kaylia Nemour of Algeria.

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Gymnastics Legend Fabian Hambüchen

Sam Oldham posted a mini-documentary on Fabian.

It was fantastic watching Fabian and his father / coach on the international stage.

4 Olympics. Multiple Worlds, FISU, and Europeans competitions.

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Olympic Bars Champion grips-up

Kaylia still uses Velcro handguards.

Gymnastics LEGEND Andreas Toba

Andreas Toba was a 4 time Olympian for Germany.

The son of former Romanian-German gymnast Marius Toba, who competed at three Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000.

In 2025, at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championship, Toba achieved a silver medal in the horizontal bar in the final routine of his final competition.

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Andreas admits he was a weak age group gymnast. The only way he could compete was working harder than everyone else.

One day everything clicked. He was an elite gymnast.

His story is inspiring.

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Melanie de Jesus dos Santos documentary

The two-time Olympian opens up on how returning to her roots and Simone Biles’ post-Paris tour helped her heal in the wake of Olympic heartbreak.

Scott Bregman – Exclusive: Melanie de Jesus dos Santos has found herself at home: “Finding that ‘Martinique Melanie’ again, that feels really good.”

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Olympics have big A.I. plans

The Olympics has a bold plan to use AI to make upcoming games in Italy and Los Angeles more efficient and to improve the experience for those watching on TV around the world. …

For the L.A. Summer Games in 2028, the organizers hope AI will help manage more than three dozen sports taking place across a broad swath of Southern California (plus softball and canoeing in Oklahoma City). …

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