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gymnast

[jim-nast, -nuhst] / ˈdʒɪm næst, -nəst /
NOUN
athlete
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Freshman Nola Matthews was slotted into the floor rotation to replace the injured gymnast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

When gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee, Flav gifted her a bronze, oversized clock necklace as a replacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Starting in the third grade, I trained at a gym to compete as an Olympic gymnast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

For Olympic gymnast Ruby Evans, how she looks is "as important" as the gymnastics itself.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

In three consecutive trips to Worlds, I’d earned fourteen medals, ten of them gold, which made me the most decorated American female gymnast ever.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles