Late last month, President Donald Trump signed <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/presidents-council-on-sports-fitness-and-nutrition-and-the-reesetablishment-of-the-presidential-fitness-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an executive order</a> re-establishing a program that some people remember fondly, others not so fondly: the Presidential Fitness Test.
According to the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-presidents-council-on-sports-fitness-and-nutrition-and-the-reestablishment-of-the-presidential-fitness-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a>, the order directs the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition “to create school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education and develop criteria for a Presidential Fitness Award,” and further “reestablishes the Presidential Fitness Test, which shall be administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
The order caused some minor controversy, particularly among those for whom, as the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/well/trump-presidential-fitness-test.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, the test’s resurrection “revives painful memories.” But the order also occasions reflection on the role of physical fitness in the education of an American citizen.
Those who most openly speak of fitness and politics today are often part of the New Right’s “vitalist” movement, engaging with the works of Bronze Age Pervert and other internet “anons” with statue profile pictures.
But there is no reason these <a href="http://americanmind.org/salvo/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-pajama-boy-nietzscheans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“pajama-boy Nietzscheans”</a> need to monopolize the conversation. Amid an ongoing national conversation around civic education for citizenship in the American republic, there are plentiful resources from the classical and American traditions to help us recover the place of fitness in education.
Those who read the history of political and philosophical thought on education today are likely to be struck by the strong and repeated emphasis on physical education. Plato’s Republic famously outlines a program of education in both “gymnastic” and “music,” that is, both physical and intellectual arts. Aristotle praises the Greek city-states for providing for the physical education of their young men in state-sponsored gymnasiums.
Another example of this emphasis on physical education comes from Xenophon, in a section often <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/3i4xkg/it_is_a_shame_for_a_man_to_grow_old_without/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quoted loosely</a> among fitness influencers. In his Memorabilia, Xenophon portrays Socrates going about his life in Athens, questioning his fellow citizens in short dialogues.
In one memorable portion, Socrates confronts his friend Epigenes, accusing him of being an “amateur” in physical matters — that is, Epigenes has grown pudgy. Epigenes defends himself by saying that he is an amateur; that is, he is not an athlete preparing to compete in the Olympics or any other competition, so he has no calling to physical excellence.
Socrates’ rebuttal to Epigenes takes two distinct approaches. The first is one that we might call civic or republican: Socrates asks Epigenes if he will be physically ready to fight, should Athens be invaded. Here, Epigenes is asked to feel shame at the possibility that he could not protect his homeland and his fellow citizens because of his physical condition.
But the second part of Socrates’ argument is more democratic. Instead of appealing to the duties of a citizen, Socrates argues that being physically fit is just good for an individual. Whether someone is pursuing hobbies or work, intellectual or physical activity, having a body in good shape rather than poor shape is an aid.
This argument is not just a historical curiosity, relevant only for those under threat of invasion in premodern city-states. Being physically fit is both good for those who might need to do the physical duties of citizenship, including military service, and good for those who engage in quite literally any other activity.
In American history, we can see similar threads of the civic and the individualistic concerns around physical fitness. Thomas Jefferson, for example, regularly praised and engaged in moderate physical activity, <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-08-02-0319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">encouraging</a> his nephew Peter Carr to devote two hours each day to exercise, “for health must not be sacrificed to learning.”
Benjamin Franklin <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-03-02-0166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered his own endorsement</a> in his “Proposals Relating to the Education of the Youth in Pennsylvania,” suggesting “That to keep [the young] in Health, and to strengthen and render active their Bodies, they be frequently exercis’d in Running, Leaping, Wrestling, and Swimming, &amp;c.”
It may be that the hardy, challenging life in the early American republic encouraged a level of general fitness. But as time marched on and economic circumstances changed, Americans grew more sedentary and less fit as a baseline. President Theodore Roosevelt confronted this in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strenuous-President-Theodore-Roosevelt-American/dp/1635766125" target="_blank" rel="noopener">very intentional efforts</a> to publicly encourage physical fitness.
In the wake of the Korean War, military officials raised concerns about the poor fitness of those drafted into service. Scientific studies published around that time reflected poorly on the physical state of young people in America and around the world.
In response to these concerns, President Dwight D. Eisenhower <a href="https://odphp.health.gov/pcsfn/history-council" target="_blank" rel="noopener">established</a> the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, &amp; Nutrition in 1956, the body that later administered the famed Presidential Fitness Test. This test was used as both a measuring tool and an aspiration, later introducing an award for the highest performers in certain physical feats.
Over time, the fitness test itself was democratized, with marketing under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations aimed at encouraging students to engage in at least some level of physical activity every day and providing awards for consistency rather than excellence. Eventually, the award for excellence was completely excised, and the leveling of the program was complete.
The efforts to democratize fitness among the young have at the very least been unable to keep up with a rising tide of obesity. In other words, while the lowered standards of the fitness test may not be causally to blame for decreasing fitness and increasing fatness, the efforts to get more children more engaged in physical activity at some bare minimum level have not been effective at encouraging or maintaining fitness.
But the concern of those who have historically championed physical education as a crucial component of a complete curriculum is not with bare fitness itself, but rather with the virtues inculcated in those who participate in physical activities, especially competitive and cooperative sporting events.
As an example, take a 1941 <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30186807" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> in The Clearing House, “Physical Education: Opportunity for Teaching Citizenship,” wherein a school principal reports on an observation of a gym class and a conversation between a gym teacher, history teacher, and their supervisor.
In the gym class, the young boys were given a ball and left to their own devices. In time, they formed teams, developed rules, and began playing a quite successful game, even refereeing their own violations of the rules. This, the gym teacher explains, is designed to teach civic virtues of leadership, cooperation, rule-following negotiation, and more. The history teacher and the gym teacher come to agree that truthfully, they aim at the same thing in their respective classrooms: forming good citizens with virtues that will fit them for that citizenship.
Things have changed. The author of a <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42744102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2006 study</a> of contemporary physical education proudly announces that older, competitive games have been replaced with more cooperative games that teach virtues including “honesty, kindness, generosity, freedom, equality, and respect.” Lost in this list are those virtues distinctly physical, martial, or civic.
Similarly, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee recently reported on a “listening session” with physical education “experts,” noting that “throughout the session, there was an overarching focus on equity.” Calls for excellence seem to have been replaced with calls for equity without clearly discernable benefits to physical fitness.
This is not to naively glorify all forms of older, more “traditional” physical education. Undoubtedly the gym classes of the mid-20th century left much to be desired. It is, however, to say that there is room to consider how we can call democratic citizens to physical excellence, and the past gives us ample examples for study.
In engaging in “discourse” around the topic of fitness, one risks falling into step with a host of loud public voices making quite different sorts of arguments. But those engaged in the education of the young need not abandon the topic of physical excellence to the vitalists and “Perverts” who have claimed it.
The tradition that gave rise to the American republic, the tradition within which students will be educated should they be given what can properly be called a “civic education,” gives grounds to call young people to physical excellence as a democratic virtue. Such a project would require reform at both the intellectual and curricular level, first in thinking anew of the purpose and place of physical education within a broader educational project, then in restructuring what sort of physical education is offered in service of those aims.
Philip D. Bunn is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he teaches political theory and American politics.
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Gold medalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-to-return-to-competition-one-year-ahead-of-paris-olympics">Simone Biles</a> did more than hint that her time competing in the Olympics is over in a new interview and suggested she would not return for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old gymnast &#8212; who was recently named <a href="https://www.si.com/sportsperson/simone-biles-sports-illustrated-2024-sportsperson-of-the-year">Sports Illustrated</a> magazine&#8217;s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year &#8212; told the outlet that she’s come to a point in her career where it would be greedy if she continued reaching for the gold in the 2028 games.
&#8220;Life and death issue,&#8221; Biles replied. &#8220;Because I’ve accomplished so much, there’s almost nothing left to do, rather than to just be snobby and to try again and for what? I’m at a point in my career where I’m humble enough to know when to be done.”
“If you go back, you’ll be greedy,” she added. “Those are the consequences. But that’s also your decision to decide. What sacrifices would be made if I go back now?”
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Simone Biles says competing in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics would be &#8216;greedy&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/OfWXumfi5b">https://t.co/OfWXumfi5b</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1875271569523535977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Biles &#8212; who won four golds in the Paris Summer Olympics, adding to her total of 7 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze to become the most decorated American gymnast of all time &#8212; suggested she’s ready to focus on motherhood after tying the knot in 2023 to Chicago Bears football player Jonathan Owens.
“When you’re younger, it’s like, prom, college. Now it’s like, starting a family, being away from my husband. What’s really worth it?” Biles said.
“I don’t think the reality has set in of what I’ve exactly done in the sport,” she added. &#8220;I can see it, and I hear it from people, and I see a glimpse of it, but the full magnitude I don’t think I’ve realized just yet.”
“I don’t think I’ll realize ’til maybe I retire and look back in a couple years like, ‘Damn, she was good,’” the Olympic star continued. “Because I can see that, but I do it every day. So for me, it’s normal.”
Biles was the biggest name in gymnastics for years and shocked the world when she announced just after her first competition in Tokyo that she would be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-out-of-gymnastics-team-final-in-tokyo">sitting out</a> the rest of the Olympic games due to mental health concerns.
In 2023, she then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-to-return-to-competition-one-year-ahead-of-paris-olympics">made headlines</a> when she announced her return to elite competition one year ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Artistic Gymnastics – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 2

Simone Biles Does More Than Hint That Her Time In The Olympics Is Over

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usa-gymnastics-challenges-demand-for-jordan-chiles-to-return-bronze-medal-says-it-has-receipts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States Olympic gymnast</a> Jordan Chiles has been told that she must return the bronze medal she received at the Paris Olympics following her women’s floor exercise.
On Monday, a statement from USA Gymnastics said that they will continue to fight for Chiles to keep her medal, but that its appeal was “denied by a Court of Arbitration,” the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jordan-chiles-bronze-medal-ana-barbosu-b982ecfff1e846c57b0e1cb524a84cad">Associated Press</a> reported.
“USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented,” USA Gymnastics said in a statement.
“We are deeply disappointed by the notification and will continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the just scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan,” the statement added.
Chiles performed in Paris and initially she received a score for her floor exercise of 13.666, putting her in fifth place behind Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who both had final scores of 13.700, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usa-gymnastics-challenges-demand-for-jordan-chiles-to-return-bronze-medal-says-it-has-receipts">reported</a>.
The USA coach Cecile Landi argued that the judges had inaccurately assessed the difficulty level of the routine, and they agreed, bumping Chiles&#8217; score up to 13.766. This put her in 3rd place ahead of the Romanian gymnasts and earning her a Bronze medal.
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USA Gymnastics has submitted additional evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. <a href="https://t.co/GOKymbAtcq">pic.twitter.com/GOKymbAtcq</a>
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAGym/status/1822724122951991331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
However, Romania disputed the ruling, saying the American team’s complaint wasn’t submitted within the 60-second window that was required. On Sunday, the IOC [International Olympics Committee] announced its decision to strip Chiles of her bronze medal and give it to Barbosu.
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USA Gymnastics then submitted “a letter and video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, conclusively establishing that Head Coach Cecile Landi’s request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score, within the 1-minute deadline required by FIG rule,” the <a href="https://usagym.org/usa-gymnastics-submits-additional-evidence-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport/">statement</a> read.
It also noted that the “time-stamped, video evidence” was “not available to USA Gymnastics prior to the tribunal’s decision and thus USAG did not have the opportunity to previously submit it.&#8221;
The letter requested that the “ruling be revised and Chiles’ bronze-medal score of 13.766 reinstated.”
USA Gymnastics could try to appeal to the Swiss Tribunal or the European Court of Human Rights, the AP noted.
Chiles has remained mostly quiet on the controversy, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jordan-chiles-olympics-social-media-b2594527.html">telling</a> her Instagram followers on Sunday, “I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health, thank you.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usa-gymnastics-challenges-demand-for-jordan-chiles-to-return-bronze-medal-says-it-has-receipts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Gymnastics Challenges Demand For Jordan Chiles To Return Bronze Medal, Says It Has Receipts</a>

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USA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gymnastics">Gymnastics</a> is contesting the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/olympics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IOC</a>) decision to have Jordan Chiles return the bronze medal she was awarded last week at the Paris Games, and it has provided receipts to back up its challenge.
&#8220;USA Gymnastics on Sunday formally submitted a letter and video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, conclusively establishing that Head Coach Cecile Landi’s request to file an inquiry was submitted 47 seconds after the publishing of the score, within the 1-minute deadline required by FIG rule,&#8221; USA Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport, said in a <a href="https://usagym.org/usa-gymnastics-submits-additional-evidence-to-court-of-arbitration-for-sport/">statement</a>. 
The letter requested that the &#8220;ruling be revised and Chiles’ bronze-medal score of 13.766 reinstated.”
The gymnastics results have been mired in controversy after Chiles first took fifth place, earning her a score of 13.666 in the women&#8217;s floor exercise final. Her coach, Cecile Landi, argued that the judges had inaccurately assessed the difficulty level of the routine, which led to her score being adjusted to 13.766. This was enough to bump her into third place ahead of Romanian gymnasts Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, who both had final scores of 13.700.
But then Romania’s Olympic committee disputed the ruling, saying the American team’s complaint wasn’t submitted within the 60-second window that was required. On Sunday, the IOC announced its decision to strip Chiles of her bronze medal and give it to Barbosu.
This announcement set off a firestorm of backlash on social media from critics insisting the decision was unfair and racist.
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Now, USA Gymnastics says it has &#8220;time-stamped, video evidence&#8221; which &#8220;shows Landi first stated her request to file an inquiry at the inquiry table 47 seconds after the score is posted, followed by a second statement 55 seconds after the score was originally posted.&#8221;
&#8220;The video footage provided was not available to USA Gymnastics prior to the tribunal’s decision and thus USAG did not have the opportunity to previously submit it,&#8221; USA Gymnastics said.
Chiles has remained mostly quiet on the controversy, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jordan-chiles-olympics-social-media-b2594527.html">telling</a> her Instagram followers on Sunday, &#8220;I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health, thank you.” She had previously shared an Instagram story featuring broken heart emojis after she was asked to return her bronze medal.

USA Gymnastics Challenges Demand For Jordan Chiles To Return Bronze Medal, Says It Has Receipts

Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner — and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/simone-biles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simone Biles’</a> former teammate — issued a plea to the Olympic Gold medalist to make the death threats against her family and cyber-bullying stop.
Skinner faced a backlash after she posted a video in June on YouTube <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/mykayla-skinner-calls-simone-biles-put-stop-cyberbullying-after-viral-olympic-post/15154016/#:~:text=The%20public%20controversy%20around%20Skinner's,response%20to%20Skinner's%20earlier%20remarks." target="_blank" rel="noopener">during the gymnastic Olympic trials</a> in which she talked about how she felt work ethics have changed among gymnasts, not counting Biles, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mykayla-skinner-asks-simone-biles-stop-cyberbullying-olympics-1235967818/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. 
“Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t what it used to be,” Skinner said, at the time. “I mean, obviously, a lot of girls just don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic.” 
The Olympics started July 26th and on July 31st Biles appeared to send a cryptic message to her former teammate, writing on social media, “Lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions,” in the caption next to a photo of the U.S. Team celebrating its victory after getting the gold.
On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C-VTyXsJFp6/">Skinner</a> pleaded with Biles to get her followers to stop making hateful comments and threats to her, her husband, and their 10-month-old daughter.
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MyKayla Skinner begs Simone Biles to ‘put a stop’ to cyberbullying after viral Olympics diss <a href="https://t.co/hRmrnM4vke">https://t.co/hRmrnM4vke</a> <a href="https://t.co/pPchc755r4">pic.twitter.com/pPchc755r4</a>
— Page Six (@PageSix) <a href="https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/1820866435989549534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
“I sincerely hoped that this topic wouldn’t need to be revisited but unfortunately things have really gotten out of hand lately,” Skinner said. “And it’s one thing to disagree with me regarding something I have said or a point I was trying to make, but it’s something else entirely when that turns into cyberbullying or even worse.”
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“Watching people cheer on the bullying — which has led to threats of physical harm to me my husband and our daughter — is disgusting,” she added. “So please at this point, I’m just asking for it to stop for the sake of my family because enough is enough.”
Skinner noted that she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9GKeblSLPT/">apologized</a> for her past comments on July 6 and personally reached out to her former teammates amid the backlash, noting that Biles was the only person who responded to her, saying that she was proud of her. The former gymnast said when Biles made the post it came as a “surprise” to her. 
“If Simone truly believes that I called our team lazy and lacking talent and if that’s really how she feels, I am really heartbroken over it,” the former gymnast said. “But not just heartbroken because it isn’t what I feel or even how I previously said, but because Simone’s latest post and others that followed it fueled another wave of hateful comments, DMs, articles and emails.
“Hate that includes death threats to me, my family, and even my agent,” she added.”My family and my friends don’t deserve to be caught in the crossfire here. They’ve done nothing.”
She concluded her post pleading with Biles to “please put a stop to this. Please ask your followers to stop.”
“You have been an incredible champion for mental health awareness and a lot of people need your help now,” Skinner said.  “We’ve been attacked in ways that I’m certain you never intended. Your performance, the team’s performance and the Olympics in general should be a time that we support one another.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-to-return-to-competition-one-year-ahead-of-paris-olympics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simone Biles To Return To Competition One Year Ahead Of Paris Olympics</a>

Gymnastics – Artistic – Olympics: Day 11

Former Olympic Gymnast Pleads With Simone Biles To Make Death Threats To Her Family, Bullying Stop

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British broadcaster <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/piers-morgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> congratulated gymnast Simone Biles after the U.S. women earned gold in the team competition at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday — and he even took the time to admit he&#8217;d been wrong to criticize her after she dropped out of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
&#8220;Congrats @simonebiles on becoming the most decorated American gymnast of all time. I was too harsh on you in 2021 when you quit the team finals,&#8221; Morgan said in a post to X, also sharing a photo of himself with Biles. &#8220;You’re a great champion, and have since proved me wrong in the best possible way — by letting your supreme talent do the talking.&#8221;
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Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Simone_Biles</a> on becoming the most decorated American gymnast of all time. 
I was too harsh on you in 2021 when you quit the team finals. You’re a great champion, and have since proved me wrong in the best possible way &#8211; by letting your supreme talent do the talking. 👏 <a href="https://t.co/Zw5wWzQ4WH">pic.twitter.com/Zw5wWzQ4WH</a>
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1818363208668999747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
Biles dropped from competition during the Tokyo Olympics, saying at the time that she needed to step back and focus on her mental health after getting &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-a-miracle-i-landed-on-my-feet-simone-biles-discusses-twisties-tokyo-experience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the twisties</a>&#8221; — a dangerous condition in which gymnasts are unable to tell where they are while flipping and twisting through the air.
&#8220;It’s so dangerous,&#8221; Biles <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/simone-biles-olympics-2021.html">explained during an interview later that year</a>. &#8220;It’s basically life or death. It’s a miracle I landed on my feet. If that was any other person, they would have gone out on a stretcher. As soon as I landed that vault, I went and told my coach: ‘I cannot continue.'&#8221;
Morgan <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/piers-morgan-facing-backlash-for-criticizing-simone-biles-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> Biles&#8217; abrupt exit from the competition, saying in a Daily Mail op-ed that she had let down her teammates and her country. He was equally harsh on X, saying, &#8220;Are &#8216;mental health issues&#8217; now the go-to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport? What a joke.&#8221;
Biles, now the most decorated American gymnast in history, will compete later this week for the all-around title.

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American pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik delivered a textbook routine on Monday, leading the United States to a bronze medal in the team event at the Paris Olympics, marking the first team medal for the U.S. men&#8217;s team since 2008.
NBC posted video of Nedoroscik&#8217;s routine, adding the caption, &#8220;Pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik CRUSHES the final routine that clinched Team USA&#8217;s first Olympic men&#8217;s gymnastics team medal since 2008.&#8221;
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Pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik CRUSHES the final routine that clinched Team USA&#8217;s first Olympic men&#8217;s gymnastics team medal since 2008. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParisOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/R303bZ0eQU">pic.twitter.com/R303bZ0eQU</a>
— NBC Olympics &amp; Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1818108299385930024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Nedoroscik, a Massachusetts native, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-mens-gymnast-stephen-nedoroscik-goes-viral-he-shines-pommel-horse-american-icon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went viral</a> for photos taken before he even stepped up to the pommel horse — pictures in which he appeared to be completely relaxed as he sat, eyes closed behind his rectangle-framed glasses, on the sidelines while Olympic chaos exploded around him. The glasses themselves became a talking point — and <a href="https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/who-is-stephen-nedoroscik-gymnast-is-viral-for-pommel-horse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nedoroscik</a> has revealed in the past that being born cross-eyed has impacted his vision to the point that when he takes them off to compete, he often can&#8217;t see what he is doing.
&#8220;The thing about pommel horse is, if I keep them on, they’re gonna fly somewhere. When I go up on the pommel horse, it’s all about feeling the equipment,&#8221; he said during a 2024 appearance on &#8220;The Today Show.&#8221; &#8220;I don’t even really see when I’m doing gymnastics. It’s all in the hands. I can feel everything.&#8221;
But those glasses — and his ability to whip them off and perform at a world-class level — were what earned him a series of references to Superman&#8217;s unassuming alter-ego, Clark Kent.
&#8220;Obsessed with this guy on the US men&#8217;s gymnastics team who&#8217;s (sic) only job is pommel horse, so he just sits there until he&#8217;s activated like a sleeper agent, whips off his glasses like Clark Kent and does a pommel horse routine that helps deliver the team its first medal in 16 years,&#8221; one <a href="https://x.com/MegWritesBooks/status/1817993333827842252" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
&#8220;American icon,&#8221; The Athletic&#8217;s Nicole Auerbach added.
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NBC got in on the gag, officially dubbing Nedoroscik &#8220;the Clark Kent of pommel horse.&#8221;
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Stephen Nedoroscik, the Clark Kent of pommel horse! 🫡🇺🇸 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ParisOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/1HfYFSbJvH">pic.twitter.com/1HfYFSbJvH</a>
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John Green added another level to the conversation: &#8220;To truly understand Stephen Nedoroscik&#8217;s nerd credentials, you need to know that he is in Paris for the Olympics and posting to his insta story about solving a rubik&#8217;s cube in under 10 seconds.&#8221;
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To truly understand Stephen Nedoroscik&#8217;s nerd credentials, you need to know that he is in Paris for the Olympics and posting to his insta story about solving a rubik&#8217;s cube in under 10 seconds. <a href="https://t.co/2vFygJBifW">pic.twitter.com/2vFygJBifW</a>
— John Green (@sportswithjohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportswithjohn/status/1817991792618303787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It went really well today, I handled the nerves very well. I worked my whole life up to those 45 seconds,&#8221; Nedoroscik said of his brief time in the spotlight. &#8220;This is just another day of doing the gymnastics. Sure it’s the biggest stage in the world. It only happens once every four years, but at the same time I’m putting chalk on my hands and doing the horse for the team, it’s nothing different.&#8221;

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Olympic gold medalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/olympic-gymnast-mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-her-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Lou Retton</a> broke her silence amid her ongoing health battle after she was recently able to return home following weeks in the intensive care unit where she was battling a rare form of pneumonia.
In a statement posted on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzB6eqRrVPF/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, the 55-year-old wrote about the support people had shown to her and her family. Retton&#8217;s daughter, McKenna <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daughter-of-olympic-gymnast-mary-lou-retton-shares-update-about-moms-health-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelley,</a> first told the public that her mom was &#8220;fighting for her life,&#8221; asking for help to cover hospital bills because Retton doesn&#8217;t have health insurance. A fundraiser on <a href="https://www.spotfund.com/story/a2e0582c-e62f-4e5b-a586-18349014f761?source=c&amp;share_location=s&amp;fbclid=PAAaZua1bNubyczYeUsMTxwjBYmTarRvaDP6yK1AQH6ErOxPTuihZjWIBoKA8_aem_AZ-INiQDhLCzMfKws43g8f4Q7YxanY7_QrB4VVhkb10ixaTi-pXkuAHNdSo9cSsgJ8M&amp;SFID=s6z51cs&amp;referral_id=45b800a8-5f58-4eeb-b032-ea579f7eaab7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpotFund</a> collected more than $455,000 in donations, surpassing its $50,000 goal.
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Mary Lou Retton speaks out for first time after her life-threatening health scare. <a href="https://twitter.com/EvaPilgrim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@evapilgrim</a> has more on her road to recovery. <a href="https://t.co/0QO0QdECqP">https://t.co/0QO0QdECqP</a> <a href="https://t.co/wLNd69c9IF">pic.twitter.com/wLNd69c9IF</a>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m beyond blessed to have the opportunity to make this statement,&#8221; Retton said. &#8220;I am overwhelmed with all the love and support from the world as I fight. I am forever grateful to you all! I&#8217;m with family continuing to slowly recover and staying very positive as I know this recovery is a long and slow process.&#8221;
&#8220;I appreciate everyone&#8217;s respect of my privacy at this time,&#8221; the post added. &#8220;When the time is right, I will be sharing more information about my health issues and hope I can help others who may face the same battle as me. I love you all.&#8221;
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The statement was the first since Kelley shared a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyv_P7hRAQi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">major update</a> with fans on October 23.
&#8220;Mom is HOME and in recovery mode. We still have a long road of recovery ahead of us, but baby steps,&#8221; Kelly wrote at the time. &#8220;We are overwhelmed with the love and support from everyone. Grateful doesn&#8217;t scrape the surface of the posture of our hearts. Thank you Jesus, thank you doctors and nurses, thank you to this loving community of support.&#8221;
In a post earlier this month, Kelley&#8217;s sister, Shayla Kelley Schrepfer, shared that the former gymnast had a &#8220;scary setback&#8221; and was still in the ICU dealing with pneumonia. It came days after she shared that Retton was &#8220;getting stronger.&#8221;
&#8220;Mom&#8217;s progress is truly remarkable,&#8221; the message on social media read. &#8220;Prayers have been felt and have been answered. Although she remains in the ICU, her path to recovery is steadily unfolding. Her fighting spirit is truly shining. Her breathing is becoming stronger and her reliance on machines is diminishing.&#8221;
In 1984, Retton made history at the Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles when she became the first American woman to win an individual all-around gold medal, <a href="https://people.com/former-olympic-gymnast-mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-her-life-in-icu-8349994" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> noted. Her victory led to her being named &#8220;Sportswoman of the Year&#8221; by Sports Illustrated magazine, and she also famously appeared on the Wheaties box.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mary-lou-retton-suffers-scary-setback-and-remains-in-icu-daughter-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Lou Retton Suffers &#8216;Scary Setback&#8217; And Remains In ICU, Daughter Says</a>

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Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, revealed that her mom is &#8220;fighting for her life&#8221; amid a battle with pneumonia — and doesn&#8217;t currently have health insurance.
The daughter of the famous 55-year-old gymnast said on behalf of her and her sisters they need prayers and help because her mom is currently in an Intensive Care Unit [ICU] where she&#8217;s been dealing with a &#8220;rare form of pneumonia&#8221; — and they don&#8217;t have the financial means to cover the hospital costs.
&#8220;My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life,&#8221; the message read on a crowdfunding site called <a href="https://www.spotfund.com/story/a2e0582c-e62f-4e5b-a586-18349014f761?source=c&amp;share_location=s&amp;fbclid=PAAaZua1bNubyczYeUsMTxwjBYmTarRvaDP6yK1AQH6ErOxPTuihZjWIBoKA8_aem_AZ-INiQDhLCzMfKws43g8f4Q7YxanY7_QrB4VVhkb10ixaTi-pXkuAHNdSo9cSsgJ8M&amp;SFID=s6z51cs&amp;referral_id=45b800a8-5f58-4eeb-b032-ea579f7eaab7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpotFund</a>.
&#8220;She is not able to breathe on her own,&#8221; she added. &#8220;She’s been in the ICU for over a week now. Out of respect for her and her privacy, I will not disclose all details.&#8221;
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U.S. gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton, the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, is now fighting for her life against a rare form of pneumonia, her family says. <a href="https://twitter.com/kristendahlgren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kristendahlgren</a> reports and <a href="https://twitter.com/drtaranarula?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@drtaranarula</a> shares medical insight. <a href="https://t.co/ousA8QGs7r">pic.twitter.com/ousA8QGs7r</a>
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&#8220;However, I will disclose that she not insured,&#8221; the message continued. &#8220;We ask that if you could help in any way, that 1) you PRAY! and 2) if you could help us with finances for the hospital bill. ANYTHING, absolutely anything, would be so helpful for my family and my mom. Thank y&#8217;all so very much!&#8221;
The fundraiser was set with a goal of $50,000 and has already well surpassed that, with the fundraiser at $272,431 at the time of this publication. More than 4,000 donors have given to the fund for the Olympic-winning gymnast who stole America&#8217;s heart in the 1980s.
In 1984, Mary Lou Retton made history at the Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles when she became the first American woman to win an individual all-around gold medal, <a href="https://people.com/former-olympic-gymnast-mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-her-life-in-icu-8349994" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> noted.
Her stunning victory lead to her landing the title of Sports Illustrated&#8217;s &#8220;Sportswoman of the Year,&#8221; and she also famously appeared on the Wheaties box.
Before Retton retired in 1986, she won the American Cup all-around competition for the third time in 1985, the outlet noted. And she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997.
Retton and her ex-husband Shannon Kelley share four daughters together, McKenna, Shayla, Skyla, and Emma. McKenna ended up following in her mom&#8217;s footsteps and competed at Louisiana State University as a gymnast.

Olympic Gymnast Mary Lou Retton ‘Fighting For Her Life’

Olympic Gymnast Mary Lou Retton 'Fighting For Her Life'

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Seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles is planning to return to elite competition for the first time since she bowed out of the 2020 Tokyo Games, which were held in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Biles stepped away from competition, citing concerns over her mental health, and has not competed. In the time since, she<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-olympic-gymnasts-blister-fbi-over-handling-of-larry-nassar-case-in-explosive-congressional-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> joined several teammates in testifying</a> on Capitol Hill about the abuse she and others suffered at the hands of former team doctor Larry Nassar. The 26-year-old gymnast also recently married Green Bay Packers strong safety <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/olympic-gold-medal-gymnast-simone-biles-and-jonathan-owens-announce-engagement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Owens</a>.
But according to ESPN, the once-reigning champion plans to compete at the U.S. Classic in early August – just one year ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
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USA Gymnastics confirmed the <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/28/simone-biles-return-gymnastics-us-classic?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news</a> on Wednesday, announcing that Biles would be entered into the women&#8217;s field for the U.S. Classic, which is scheduled to take place on August 4-5 at Chicago&#8217;s NOW Arena.
Several of Biles&#8217; teammates from Tokyo will also be entered in Chicago, including Tokyo all-around champion Sunisa Lee – who took home two gold medals from the 2020 Games. Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles, who also competed in Tokyo, are slated to compete as well.
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Biles was the biggest name in gymnastics for years, shocking the world when she announced just after her first competition that she would be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-out-of-gymnastics-team-final-in-tokyo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sitting out</a> the rest of the Tokyo Games.
&#8220;Simone has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue,&#8221; U.S.A. Gymnastics <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/27/sports/gymnastics-olympics-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement at the time. &#8220;She will be assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions.&#8221;
Biles later revealed that she had suffered from a condition known in gymnastics as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-a-miracle-i-landed-on-my-feet-simone-biles-discusses-twisties-tokyo-experience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the twisties</a>&#8221; — which causes athletes to lose track of where they are during aerial twists and flips and can potentially result in serious injury.
&#8220;It’s so dangerous,&#8221; Biles <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/simone-biles-olympics-2021.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said of her experience in Tokyo</a>. &#8220;It’s basically life or death. It’s a miracle I landed on my feet. If that was any other person, they would have gone out on a stretcher. As soon as I landed that vault, I went and told my coach: &#8216;I cannot continue.'&#8221;

Simone Biles To Return To Competition One Year Ahead Of Paris Olympics

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East shared in an emotional reaction on Instagram after a <a class="c-link" href="https://dailywire.com/news/graphic-bodycam-footage-shows-heroic-police-response-to-nashville-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://dailywire.com/news/graphic-bodycam-footage-shows-heroic-police-response-to-nashville-shooting/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">school shooting</a> rocked the Nashville community on Monday morning, saying, &#8220;I know prayers can’t take it back but I’m still going to pray like hell.&#8221;
Johnson took home the gold medal on balance beam in 2008 — and landed a team silver medal in addition to individual silver medals for her performances in the floor exercise and all-around — and she revealed on social media that she had been just across the street filming when chaos erupted outside <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-release-footage-of-nashville-christian-school-shooter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Covenant School</a>.
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Johnson&#8217;s post showed only the first names of the six people — three students and three staff members — who were shot to death in the attack. Alongside that image, she shared her thoughts as the situation unfolded.
&#8220;Too close. We were literally across the street filming when chaos ensued. When we started getting the calls, heard the sirens, saw the parents flying to get their babies,&#8221; Johnson began, adding that when they called the schools to check on their own children, they learned that other schools in the area were also locked down.
&#8220;Racing to pick up our own babies just to have them home and close. Hearing the news slowly come in about the 3 beautiful babies and the 3 staff members that were unfairly taken away from our world and their families,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We sat in silence yesterday listening to the sirens, the helicopters, the chaos &#8230; Too close.&#8221;
&#8220;I woke up this morning in tears feeling guilt and sadness that we are ok and some families are not. I woke up scared to take our babies back to school or anywhere for that matter. I woke up sad for everyone, for our country, our world,&#8221; Johnson added.
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She concluded by saying that it was only her faith that was keeping her strong: &#8220;I know prayers can’t take it back but I’m still going to pray like hell. I believe our God is good. It’s all I can believe in right now. My faith is all I can lean on right now. God, please save us all from this evil.&#8221;

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi">ex-FBI agents</a> accused of botching the sex-abuse case against former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/larry-nassar">USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar</a>, who molested girls on the team, will not be charged, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday.
Following a “careful re-review of evidence,” the department declined to charged the former agents, who are accused of lying about their work on the case. The former agents were being probed in the wake of gripping testimony last year from gymnastics superstar Simone Biles and several of her teammates who were victimized by Nassar even though he had been reported to the FBI.
“This does not in any way reflect a view that the investigation of Nassar was handled as it should have been, nor in any way reflects approval or disregard of the conduct of the former agents,” the DOJ said in a statement.
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U.S. declines to prosecute ex-FBI agents who botched probe of USA Gymnastics doctor Nassar🧐 ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBI</a>⁩ is an incompetent career group of government employees! 🤮Criminal Organization! <a href="https://t.co/ab1SHxDYeI">https://t.co/ab1SHxDYeI</a>
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Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco ordered a review after several gymnasts gave tearful testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last September. The described the abuse they suffered under Nassar, the now-58-year-old doctor from Michigan State University who is in prison for life for possession of child pornography and molesting at least 10 underage girls. Prosecutors suspect he sexually assaulted hundreds of girls under the guise of rendering medical treatment.
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that the former FBI agents, a supervisor and his subordinate, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/fbi-nassar-investigation-failures/2021/07/14/ebc37274-e4c4-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_3&amp;itid=lk_inline_manual_8">lied to internal investigators</a> to cover up their failure to investigate credible claims made against Nassar in 2015. That failure allowed Nassar to continue to victimize young girls. One of the agents, W. Jay Abbott, retired and the other, Michael Langeman, was fired last year.
The Justice Department said it will “continue to learn from what occurred in this matter, and undertake efforts to keep victims at the center of our work and to ensure that they are heard, respected, and treated fairly throughout the process, as they deserve,” and said it wanted to work with Congress to address unspecified gaps in the law to “help prevent events like this from taking place in the future and hold perpetrators accountable.”
Simone Biles and three other high-profile gymnasts <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/gymnasts-nassar-fbi-investigation-hearing/2021/09/14/de4832cc-159f-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_9&amp;itid=lk_inline_manual_14">gave emotional testimony </a>to the Judiciary Committee last year about Nassar’s abuse and the FBI’s failure to act.
“I blame Larry Nassar, and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse,” Biles told lawmakers.
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At least 330 girls and women have said Nassar molested them.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray called the bureau’s failures “inexcusable.&#8221;
&#8220;It never should have happened, and we’re doing everything in our power to make sure it never happens again,” he said.
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Langeman allegedly lied to Horowitz’s office in interviews in 2020 and 2021, according to the IG report. Langeman was questioned about why he did not pursue an investigation of Nassar and why he wrote a report of an interview with a key victim more than a year after the interview took place. The IG report did not name Langeman, but found that he lied “in an effort to minimize or excuse his errors.”
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The Inspector General also determined that USA Gymnastics President Stephen Penny unsuccessfully lobbied for Abbott, who headed the FBI’s Indianapolis office, even while Nassar was being investigated.
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Ex-FBI Agents Who Dropped Ball In USA Gymnastics Molestation Case Won’t Be Charged, DOJ Says

Ex-FBI Agents Who Dropped Ball In USA Gymnastics Molestation Case Won't Be Charged, DOJ Says

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