Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. NCAA/Elite Gymnastics analyst with 15 yrs of experience in the sport.

Since the Atlanta 1996 Games when former Soviet countries began competing as individual nations, athletes from Russia and Belarus have twirled, pirouetted and tumbled their way to Olympic dominance in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. NCAA/Elite Gymnastics analyst with 15 yrs of experience in the sport.

PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Before striding on to the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics platform to perform her hoop routine, Germany's Margarita Kolosov took a breath, squared her shoulders and flung a small ...

PARIS — Darja Varfolomeev left her native Russia for Germany five years ago in search of Olympic glory. She found it in Paris. The 17-year-old won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around ...