Thuc Nhi Nguyen

MINEAPOLIS — In a historically difficult selection process, one choice was easy. Simone Biles will be on the U.S. women's gymnastics team for the Paris Olympics

Fred Richard is already a social media sensation. Now the rising-star gymnast is heading to the Paris Games after winning the U.S. Olympic trials.

The day after hearing their names called as members of the 2024 U.S. gymnastics team in front of a sold-out crowd in Minneapolis' Target Center, Simone

The court at Walter Pyramid was still covered in confetti. Fans hadn't yet spilled into the Long Beach State parking lot on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Fresh off leading UCLA to back-to-back NCAA titles, John Speraw is hoping to tap the U.S. men's volleyball team's gold potential at the Paris Olympics.

The most decorated gymnast ever sprints down the vault runway. She tumbles gracefully onto the springboard, flings herself backward onto the vault table and pops off the surface.

The Yurchenko double pike has become Simone Biles' signature move in the vault, a gravity-defying, six-second burst that has added to her legend.

It's the first major leap in vault innovation for women's artistic gymnastics in two decades.

By Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times The most decorated gymnast ever sprints down the vault runway.

Read Time: 10 Minute, 15 Second By Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times The most decorated gymnast ever sprints down the vault runway.