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U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles had the support of the crowd at the Collective Sports Centre in the palm of her hand before she even touched an apparatus Sunday (22 October 2023) during the artistic gymnastics women’s team competition at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. A delay with the balance beam . . […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — I think often about things people miss when they walk about with their eyes wide shut. They tend not to see the beauty that surrounds them. They don’t hear much either. But what they see seems more enduring than what they hear. They can ill-afford to miss such sights. Yet people do. […]

In the heart of Sportpaleis, time seemed to stand still as the world collectively held its breath in anticipation. The podium was moments away from welcoming the names of three extraordinary gymnasts, the All-Around winners of the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 – Women’s all-around qualification (top 24 progress to final with maximum two per nation): 1. Simone Biles USA 58.8652. Shilese Jones USA 56.9323. Jessica Gadirova GBR 56.7664. Rebeca Andrade BRA 56.5995. Ellie Black CAN 55.0656. Flavia Saraiva BRA 54.6997. Manila Esposito ITA 54.6988. Qui Qiyuan CHN 54.6669. Ou Yushan CHN […]

More history awaits seven-time Olympic medallist Simone Biles at the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. The 23-year-old has the opportunity to become the only gymnast – man or woman – to win eight U.S. all-around titles. Currently, Biles’ seven titles is tied with Alfred Jochim, who last won the U.S. title some […]

Knelt over bright cherry hardwood, 42-year-old Tingqun Zhang unfolded a 20-foot canvas over his living room floor. Slightly frayed edges frame the abstract piece while streaks of yellow, orange and green acrylic paint compromise for space in the foreground. Blots of blue submit to black and gray, and a curious pink peeked through occasionally.  “Others […]

June 9, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT LEFT: LaToya Ruby Frazier’s photo “Zion, Her Mother Shea, and Her Grandfather Mr. Smiley Riding on Their Tennessee Walking Horses, Mares, P.T. (P.T.’s Miss One Of A Kind), Dolly (Secretly), and Blue (Blue’s Royal Threat),” Newton, Miss., 2017/2019. RIGHT: Jamel Shabazz’s “Black and White in America,” Brooklyn, 2010. […]

When I heard, earlier this month, that the fine-art photographer Ingrid Pollard had made the shortlist for the Turner prize, potentially the most career-changing of art accolades, I was overjoyed, but also astonished. Overjoyed because her . . .


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