The world may have grown accustomed to seeing Olympic gymnasts wearing leotards as they compete for the highest honor in the sport, but these garments haven’t always been the first pick for women.
The leotards in women's sports are playing a dangerous game. As female athletes continue to break down barriers and rake in record-high ratings, their outfits seem to grow smaller and smaller. It's a ...
As the USA women’s gymnastics team dons the stripes and stars at the 2024 Summer Olympics, one Cornell alum is helping them sparkle. Jeanne Diaz ’10 designed the uniforms the gymnasts are competing in ...
The crowd in the arena watched as one Beyoncé song after another was played. All eyes focused on centerstage — the music, the movements, the mystique of a world-class performer in her element. The ...
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 Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and ...
GK Elite and USA Gymnastics have revealed the leotards and apparel that gymnasts will wear on-mat during the 2024 Paris Olympics. This marks the first time that USA Gymnastics Olympic apparel has been ...
When Simone Biles raises her arms to salute the Olympic judges in Paris this summer, she will be wearing nearly 10,000 hand-placed crystals weighing almost a pound. Gymnastics leotards are expected to ...
Women's Olympic gymnastics leotards have dramatically changed since the first competition in 1936. The leotards used to be much plainer and had little to no embellishment. But crystals — and lots of ...