2025 Nissen-Emery Award finalists

The men’s Nissen-Emery Award is for the year’s outstanding senior collegiate gymnast.

The 2025 Nissen-Emery Award finalists are:

Taylor Burkhart – Stanford
Taylor Christopulos – Nebraska
Emre Dodanli – Oklahoma
Patrick Hoopes – Air Force
Josh Karnes – Penn State
Kameron Nelson – Ohio State
Khoi Young – Stanford

The 2024 Nissen-Emery Award winner was Stanford’s Colt Walker. See past winners here.

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Creslyn Brose – Floor

NICE routine!

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$100 million for U.S. Olympians / Paralympians

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced on Wednesday that philanthropist Ross Stevens had gifted the organisation $100 million (€922,000), the largest single monetary donation it has received in its history, in a move to fund the post-retirement plans of US athletes. …

Worth up to $200,000 (€184,000) per athlete per Games participation, a one-time Olympian or Paralympian is eligible to receive $100,000 (€92,000) 20 years after their qualifying Games or when they turn 45 and then another $100,000 (€92,000) will go to designated athlete beneficiaries upon their death. …

The fund will start with the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games next year and go through to at least the 2032 Summer Games in Brisbane.

Inside the Games

Aleah Finnegan – Beam

Aleah Cruz Finnegan, Paris Olympian, has another career highlight.

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documentary – Becoming Sam Phillips

Becoming Sam Phillips debuts March 13, 2025.

The decorated gymnast made his name as the only out athlete at Nebraska, a Big Ten school known for its iconic athletic program. But as the flagship university of a deep red state, Phillips quickly found the school wasn’t interested in promoting inclusion, or the visibility he was trying to create for the LGBTQ+ community. …

The athletic department refused to share Phillips’ viral video for National Coming Out Day, and his coaches’ feelings about queer advocacy ranged from apathy to downright contempt. Phillips says one of the team’s volunteer coaches proudly called himself a homophobe, while deriding Phillips with an insulting nickname: “brown sugar.” …

Gymnast Sam Phillips opens up about his new doc & being the only out athlete at a Big Ten school

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Baku World Cup 2025 highlights

Read the FIG summary report:

Chusovitina reigns on Vault, Japanese take four in Baku

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