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In this Aug. 16, 2018, file photo, participants of the Parkour Generations work on their practice runs outside of Wembley Stadium ahead of the 13th Rendezvous International Parkour Gathering in London. Global organizers of parkour are urging the IOC not to add the street-running sport to the 2024 Paris Olympics at a meeting next week. The Parkour Earth group has for years opposed what it calls a “hostile takeover” of the sport by the Olympic-recognized International Gymnastics Federation. Parkour Earth said Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 in an open letter to the International Olympic Committee that the world gymnastic body's &quot;encroachment and misappropriation of our sport continues.” (AP Photo/Nishat Ahmed, File) **FILE**

Parkour group urges IOC to reject its sport from Olympics

Associated Press

Audience members cheer for Wataru Tanigawa of Japan as he competes in the rings during an international gymnastics meet in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Gymnasts from four countries of China, Russia, U.S. and Japan performed in the meet at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, a venue planned to be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the summer 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 1984, file photo, Mary Lou Retton, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the women's gymnastics individual all-around finals at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis, File)

AP WAS THERE: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Laurie Hernandez trains with other USA gymnasts in Indianapolis, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Hernandez, a two-time Olympic medalist, and other veterans in the USA Gymnastics elite program have praised the organization for taking steps to become more accountable and transparent in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Athletes warily embrace progress as USA Gymnastics evolves

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

ISU will honor Kurt Thomas, rest of 1977 gymnastics team

By SUE LOUGHLIN - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 11, 2019, photo, UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi trains on the floor with the University of California Bruins gymnastics team in Los Angeles. Ohashi is a social media darling with three viral floor routines and according to coach Valorie Kondos Field &quot;a better person, teammate and gymnast.&quot; As Ohashi gets ready to compete in her final collegiate meet, she says she is happy to be walking away on her own terms and is looking to the future after graduating in June. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

UCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi looks to make final statement on floor

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Hamilton County Jail in Noblesville, Ind., shows Skipper Glenn Crawley. Crawley a Texas gymnastics coach was arrested in Indiana on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, after being accused of sexually assaulting three girls at a Fort Worth gym. Crawley is accused of sexually assaulting three girls at Sokol gymnastics in Fort Worth and was taken into custody after authorities executed a warrant at an Indianapolis residence, according to Fort Worth police. He was being held at an Indiana jail pending extradition. (Hamilton County Jail via AP)

Texas gymnastics coach arrested, accused of child sex abuse

By RYAN TARINELLI - Associated Press

South Dakota gymnast strives to be elite athlete

By REBEKAH TUCHSCHERER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2018 photo, Brazil's Lais Souza attends a physiotherapy session, accompanied by her mother Odete Souza, left, in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. The 29-year-old former Brazilian gymnast found herself paralyzed from the neck down after hitting a tree head on, during a freestyle ski practice in Utah for the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazilian skier dreams of recovery 4 years after accident

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

College gymnastics offers catharsis in wake of Nassar furor

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Demonstrators gather at "The Rock" on Michigan State University's East Lansing, Mich., campus to support victims of disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar and call for more changes in leadership at the university. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP)

House OKs bill requiring coaches to report youth sex abuse allegations in 24 hours

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

St. Paul Hmong-American gymnast leaps toward Olympic dream

By NANCY YANG - Associated Press

The Latest: MSU gymnastics coach retires amid scandal

Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR FEB. 13, 2017- Byron, Minn., gymnast Hannah Coleman is a star in that sport as well as track and field. The senior's coach in each is her father, Charro Coleman. (Andrew Link/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)

A father-daughter dance in Byron

By PAT RUFF - Associated Press

High school sophomore competes solo on gymnastics team

By Eric Mayer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2016 file photo, United States' Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Briles was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Simone Biles soars to AP Female Athlete of the Year

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2016 file photo, United States' Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Briles was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Simone Biles soars to AP Female Athlete of the Year

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

United States' Danell Leyva is checked by a team official after falling while performing on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Americans place 5th in team gymnastics once again after tumble

By Kristie Rieken - Associated Press

The Nationals acquired Matt den Dekker from the Mets and signed Reed Johnson (pictured) to a minor-league deal on Monday to serve as reinforcements for an outfield besieged by injuries. (Associated Press photographs)

The Conversation: Reed Johnson on his path from childhood gymnastics to professional baseball

By Tom Schad - The Washington Times

Under Armour’s second chance

By LIZZY McLELLAN - Associated Press