{"id":3976,"date":"2022-08-24T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2022-08-24T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:00:12","slug":"black-gymnasts-make-history-at-u-s-gymnastics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/black-gymnasts-make-history-at-u-s-gymnastics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Gymnasts Make History At U.S. Gymnastics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/tag\/gymnastics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black gymnasts<\/a> have been flipping the sport on its head over the last few years, a trend that refuses to be deterred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the greatness of Simone Biles and the energy and <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/ucla-gymnastics-exerts-power-through-art-at-black-excellence-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">powerful performances of UCLA gymnastics<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/fisk-university-starting-first-hbcu-womens-gymnastics-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fisk University launching the first HBCU gymnastics program<\/a>, Black gymnasts have brought a new flavor to the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now three athletes have cemented their names in the sport&#8217;s history books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Konnor McClain, Shilese Jones and Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles swept the all-around podium at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Tampa, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamUSA\/status\/1561791596093353984\">marking the championship&#8217;s first all-Black winners\u2019 podium in event history.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huge shout out to:<br><br>Konnor McClain \ud83e\udd47<br>Shilese Jones \ud83e\udd48<br>Jordan Chiles \ud83e\udd49<br><br>The trio made history over the weekend by sweeping the all-around competition, marking the first time in history that three Black women took the top spots at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships. \u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83e\udd38\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1c8bpxWGu\">pic.twitter.com\/p1c8bpxWGu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; First and Pen (@firstandpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandpen\/status\/1562202697427664896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 years after Gabby Douglas became the first Black gymnast to capture all-around Olympic gold at the 2012 Games in London, McClain (first), Jones (second) and Chiles (third) added their names to the history books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is so unbelievable right now,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/News\/2022\/August\/22\/Through-Turmoil-Heartbreak-And-Injuries-Konnor-McClain-Is-Back-On-The-Path-To-Gymnastics-Stardom\">said McClain<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s so unreal, and I honestly can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m still in shock a little right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After fighting through doubt and injury over the last year, a time in which she called herself &#8220;the most garbage gymnast ever&#8221; and actually contemplated quitting the sport, capturing gold and making history rejuvenated the 17-year-old star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy confidence has grown so much just in the last couple months,\u201d she said. \u201cJust doing routines over and over again, and knowing I can do the routines and coming to the competition knowing I can make it too. It\u2019s such a big difference being so confident and not being garbage anymore.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"first-2171863544\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is another dominating performance for women of color at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year the podium consisted of Biles, Sunisa Lee (who became the first Asian American to win all-around Olympic Gold) and Chiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McClain, Jones and Chiles continue to open the doors for Black girls in the sport as others did for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they now give this generation a new set of role models to follow.<\/p><div id=\"first-3242260072\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool that kids will look at us, just the way we looked at Simone, and say, \u2018Yeah, if she can do this, maybe we can do this too,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/24\/sports\/olympics\/simone-biles-gymnastics.html\">said Chiles before the Tokyo Games last summer.<\/a> \u201cRepresentation matters, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes it does, and these young women represented for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black gymnasts have been flipping the sport on its head over the last few years, a trend that refuses to be deterred. 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