Tag Archives: Gymnastics

Asher Hong won the U.S. men’s all-around gymnastics title by a record margin under a two-decade-old scoring system. Hong, a 21-year-old rising Stanford junior, totaled 170.02 points over two days in New Orleans, distancing fellow Olympic team bronze medalist Frederick Richard by 7.465 points. Hong had the largest margin victory under the Code of Points system implemented in 2006. The …

Hezly Rivera, an Olympic gold medalist at age 16, is halfway to adding a U.S. all-around title at 17. Rivera, the youngest U.S. Olympian across all sports in Paris, leads the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships after the first of two days of competition. She tallied 55.6 points in New Orleans, taking a slim lead of two tenths over Joscelyn Roberson …