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An interview is presented with gymnast Simone Biles. Topics include her experience at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, mental health, and speaking out against abuse.

The article presents information on gymnast Gabby Douglas, who competed in the 2012 London Olympics in London, England. The author looks at Douglas's gold medal in the women's all-around gymnastics competition, her relationship with Missy Parton and Travis Parton, her host family from Des Moines, Iowa, and Natalie Hawkins, her mother. The article announces that Douglas is the first African-American woman to win the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition. The author also discusses Douglas's training with personal gymnastics coach Liang Chow.

This article reports on 16-year-old gymnast Shawn Johnson and her preparations for the 2008 Olympics. The article discusses how Johnson copes with publicity and media attention, why she began pursuing gymnastics, and the ways she tries to be a normal teenager. Information is also provided on Johnson's training, coach Liang Chow, and injuries.

Features Aimee Walker, a gymnast who is deaf and has one blind eye. Details on various medical conditions she suffered during her childhood; How she overcame her physical disabilities; Her accomplishments as a gymnast.

The article profiles the American gymnast Laurie Hernandez. Topics discussed include her participation in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, her participation in the reality television series "Dancing With the Stars," getting her driver's license and her memoir, "I Got This," which is dedicated to her late grandmother.

An interview with Megan Abbott, author of "You Will Know Me," is presented. When asked about how the 15-year-old protagonist doesn't seem to fit in anywhere, she comments on how many gymnasts she'd interviewed don't feel a sense of connection to their high schools. She comments on her decision to write the book from the perspective of the mother and on how gymnastics is sexualized but that muscular female athletes are not as they don't fit traditional notions of sexualized women.

The article profiles the gymnast Courtney Kupets. The coming of the Athens Olympics means that one thing, at least, is certain--the teen queens of the gym are back. This year one of the strongest U.S. teams in recent memory may land not one but two stars on a cereal box: Courtney Kupets and Courtney McCool--or Courtney Squared, as they're known. Kupets, 18, is a two-time national all-around champ who came back from a potentially career-crippling Achilles tear to place first all-around at June's Olympic trials; McCool, 16, finished second. Nadia Comaneci, for one, was blown away by Kupets's comeback. "With this girl, 80 percent of her skill is the power in her legs," says the 1976 and 1980 gold medalist. "When something happens to the tendon it is very hard to get back. But when I saw her, it was as if the injury had never happened. I've never seen anything like it." INSET: One McCool Customer.

The article discusses how Pamela Anderson helps to fund gymnast Mohini Bhardwaj. With Anderson's backing ($20,000 and climbing), the age-defyinggymnast hopes to pull off her trickiest maneuver yet: landing on August's six-woman U.S. Olympic team. As Anderson cheered her on, Bhardwaj finished sixth at the Anaheim, Calif., Olympic trials Jun. 27, earning an invite to this month's selection camp. The Philadelphia native, an 11-time All-American at UCLA, briefly retired after dislocating her elbow in 2002 and began working as a pool-hall cocktail waitress. With her credit cards maxed out, Bhardwaj received Anderson's backing just in time. The actress--who said she "absolutely" will travel to Athens and cheer Bhardwaj on if she makes the team--is relishing her new role as cheerleader.