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Vladimir Putin's rumored mistress, that is. Her name is Alina Kabayeva, and she is an Olympic gold-medalist, rhythmic gymnast, and member of the Russian parliament. And the mother of what may be Putin's love child. More »
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In this scene from the new-ish ABC Family scripted show about gymnasts, Make It Or Break It, two young women confront threatening street toughs the best way they know how: by doing gymnastics at them. More »
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• Emelia Eberle, a former Olympic gymnast, claims that world-famous gymnastics coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi would frequently beat the young gymnasts they were training in Transylvania in the '70s. • Many young Han couples in China are forging Western weddings in favor of traditional Han weddings, which feature couples drinking from tea cups tied together with red string to symbolize a fated unity. • Meanwhile, the Paris City Hall issued a 32-page manual today to help officials spot and prevent cases of young women being forced into marriage. • More »
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The accusations have been flying since before the Olympics began: some of the women (girls really) on the Chinese gymnastics team may be underage. After the team won gold in yesterday's final, Meghan O'Rourke took the debate to next level. In an article in today's Slate, she says that next to the Chinese team, the American girls looked, well, old. So how do even begin thinking about a sport in which twenty-one is already over the hill? More »
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