Gold medal winner Simone Biles of the U.S., center, silver medal winner Russia’s Kseniia Afanaseva, left, and bronze medal winner Maggie Nichols of the U.S. pose on the podium after the balance beam exercise during the women’s apparatus final competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 1. (Matthias Schrader, The Associated Press)
Re: “10 Things to Know for Friday,” Oct. 30 sports brief.
As a former gymnastics national champion and a recipient of the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year award, I was disappointed with your lack of coverage of the recent World Gymnastics Championships. In fairness, you did have a blurb on the second page of the sports section, but there were no pictures and no commentary.
America’s Simone Biles won her third consecutive world all-around championship title. Additionally, Gabby Douglas is the first woman since 1981 to earn a medal in a world championship after having won the Olympics.
The American team dominated. These are superb athletes. They exhibit everything thatap great in sports: mastery, grace, power, skill and zen-like calm under pressure. The unbelievable individual performances were almost overshadowed by the entire U.S. team, which won its third consecutive world title.
I understand Aaron Rodgers recently came to town, Tom Brady is playing at a level maybe never seen before, and this is Peyton Manning’s swan song. But for one day could the Denver Post sports section highlight women’s gymnastics? Women’s sports in America is thriving — please highlight that.
Karen Beer Cannon, Golden
This letter was published in the Nov. 4 edition.
