In women's artistic gymnastics, beam is the third event in the Olympic order. This apparatus is 4 inches wide, 16 ft long and ...

Over the years, gymnastics routines have become very formulaic and even predictable. Most gymnasts perform the same range of ...

The U.S. women's gymnastics team has among the highest difficulty scores on one of the most difficult gymnastic events: the balance beam. Olympic gymnasts have a ...

Want to follow the women’s gymnastics competition in Paris, but don’t understand the skills or how they’re scored? Here’s a guide. By Maggie Astor Maggie Astor, normally a political reporter, is a ...

A rare fall cost Simone Biles her first medal of the 2024 Olympics. Biles did not make it onto the podium in the beam event Monday, her second to last in Paris, after she was the fourth gymnast of the ...

The final day of competition at the 2024 Olympics was one of mixed results for the greatest American gymnast of all time. Simone Biles was able to win a silver in the floor final but missing the ...

If Olympic-level gymnastics wasn't impressive enough already, wait until you learn how narrow the balance beam really is. When you watch athletes competing on the beam at the Paris Olympics, know that ...