Rebeca Andrade

Olympic gymnast rebeca andrade is enjoying a well-deserved break in Bali after winning four medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She shared photos of herself relaxing by the ocean, snorkeling, and cycling, highlighting her focus on rest and self-care. Andrade has extended her break from competition until 2026, prioritizing her well-being and acknowledging the physical strain of certain events.

rebeca andrade is extending her break from artistic gymnastics as she prioritizes recovery after a demanding Olympic cycle. The Brazilian star acknowledged ongoing knee concerns while reflecting on her career and recent honors. With support from her team, the six-time Olympic medalist plans a 2026 return, focusing on selective events rather than the full all-around.

Brazil's rebeca andrade won her second world gold medal in women's vault at the World Championships, beating US gymnastics star Simone Biles. Andrade scored 14.750 points, narrowly ahead of Biles' 14.549 points. Biles, who had a challenging moment during her first jump, recovered to claim the silver medal, her 28th world medal.

rebeca andrade, the all-around silver medallist, went one better when succeeding the absent Simone Biles as women's vault champion at the Olympics on Sunday.

Simone Biles suffered a shocking defeat in the floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics on Monday after two costly errors allowed Brazilian gymnast rebeca andrade to snatch an unexpected gold at the Games on Monday.

American teenager Sunisa Lee won the women's gymnastics all-around Olympic gold on Thursday, succeeding defending champion Simone Biles who withdrew over concerns for her mental health.

Brazil's Olympic vault champion rebeca andrade added world championship gold to her collection on Saturday, but missed out on a double after settling for silver in the uneven bars.

Simone Biles soared to women's vault gold on Saturday, her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown.

American gymnastics sensation Simone Biles continues her comeback from a two-year hiatus, securing her 21st world title in the women's all-around competition at the world gymnastics championships held in Antwerp. Biles, who initially rose to stardom in Antwerp by clinching her first world title a decade ago, demonstrated unparalleled excellence in the final.

Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar claimed a bronze medal at the vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany. The 25-year-old from Tripura, who had an injury-marred campaign at the Asian Games, scored 14.316 to secure the bronze in the tournament, which is also a part of the eight-event qualifying system for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Simone Biles leads the US women's gymnastics team to their seventh Artistic Gymnastics World Championships title in Antwerp. Biles, who returned to international competition after a two-year hiatus, scored 15.166 in the floor routine. She now holds a total of 25 world medals and seven Olympic medals, surpassing any other gymnast in history.

Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil's rebeca andrade for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris. Biles, who famously withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the disorientating "twisties", followed up her team gold with the United States earlier this week. Defending Olympic champion Sunisa Lee took bronze.

Simone Biles concluded her 2024 Paris Olympics journey with a silver in the floor exercise, bringing her total to four medals at these Games and 11 Olympic medals overall. Despite a fall on the balance beam, Biles bounced back with a strong floor routine, narrowly missing gold to Brazil's rebeca andrade. Biles expressed pride in her achievements, especially after doubts about returning post-Tokyo 2021. The final day also saw Japan's Shinnosuke Oka and China's Zou Jingyuan win gold in their respective events.

With big names Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee up against her in Monday's balance beam final at the Paris Games, Alice D'Amato must have thought the chances of her becoming the first Italian woman to win an Olympic gymnastics title were nigh on impossible. After all, she had qualified a lowly seventh amongst the eight finalists and had never won an individual medal at a major global meeting -- and this was not even an apparatus the asymmetric bars specialist excelled at.

Jordan Chiles scored her first career perfect 10 on vault as UCLA beat Nebraska at Pauley Pavilion. The rare score came on a double-twisting Yurchenko, a vault even Simone Biles has never earned a 10 on. The moment marked a major milestone in Chiles’ final UCLA season after last year’s Olympic medal controversy.

Simone Biles seeks to make more history in her glittering Olympic gymnastics career by recapturing the all-around title on Thursday, as the athletics programme kicks off at the Paris Games. A total of 16 golds are up for grabs on the sixth full day of competition in Paris, which is again bracing for extreme weather with storm warnings in place early Thursday morning. US star Biles steps back into the spotlight seeking to become the first woman ever to regain the Olympic all-around title after she famously withdrew in Tokyo with the debilitating "Twisties".

Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through left calf pain to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start. The US superstar, aiming to add to the four gold medals she won in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, tweaked her left calf warming up for her second apparatus, the floor exercise.

Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award after overcoming a life-threatening car accident. His remarkable recovery and return to international cricket, marked by a century against Bangladesh, have earned him the nomination. The Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in Madrid on April 21 to announce the winners.

Sha'Carri Richardson goes for Olympic glory in the women's 100m on Saturday and Simone Biles chases a third gold in Paris, as an Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender row returns to action. On the penultimate night of swimming, Katie Ledecky, now the most decorated US woman Olympian, seeks to add 800m freestyle gold to her 1500m title. And on the clay courts of Roland Garros, Zheng Qinwen takes on Donna Vekic with a chance to win China's first tennis singles gold.

The trouble started early. A step out of bounds on floor exercise here. A short landing there.

In Casablanca, Humprey Bogart's Rick Blaine tells Ingrid Bergman's : “We will always have Paris.” Like Rick and Ilsa, we will also always have Paris 2024, the first proper Summer Olympics of the post-Covid era that will be remembered as much for the memes as it will for the games.