A captivating performance by a 4-foot-11 Soviet cemented women's gymnastics as one of the most popular Olympic sports, particularly for television audiences. Olga Korbut, 17, became the first gymnast ...
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...
Simone Biles is leading Team USA into the 2024 Summer Olympics as the oldest American female gymnast since 1952. The 27-year ... of the top contenders in women's gymnastics and could eye a gold ...
Staton, who went by the name of Mabel Landry when she attended DePaul in the 1950s, before the school had a women’s track team ... American woman to meet the Olympic qualifying standard in ...
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...