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Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Former Team Canada gymnast reveals brutal way she was humiliated in front of teammates week after week
A former Team Canada gymnast has lifted the lid on the grim realities of participating in the sport, revealing she was forced to stand on a scale in front of all of her teammates every single week. Laura Mazzuca, 31, started doing gymnastics when she was only two years old. By the time she was six, she was already training 36 hours a week.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- News.com.au
‘Fear I'm being stalked': Sports Illustrated swimsuit model in tears at airport
American influencer and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne revealed she was reduced to tears when she was hounded by a group of rabid autograph hunters who track her down at airports around the country. 'I fear that I'm being stalked and I don't know what to do,' the former artistic gymnast said in a TikTok video, captioned 'They know time, place, airport, everything!!!' Dunne, who landed one of the four Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covers for the 2025 issue, recalled that she often sees a group of 'at least 10 middle-aged men' demanding her to sign 'a stack of 40 pictures or magazines,' New York Post reported. 'They will run after me down the TSA precheck line and yell at me if I don't give them my autograph,' she told her eight million followers. 'It's insane. They will yell at me and make a scene and the people around me are scared.' Dunne claims her 'stalkers' know her every trip and will be waiting for her regardless of her plans, including a business trip or a family vacation. 'They're waiting there,' she said. 'It's something with the airline, and it's weird.' She prefaced her situation that the men would find her in odd locations around the country. 'Yes I know I'm chronically online and I post my life, but I'm talking about like a 20-minute connecting flight through Omaha, Nebraska, they would be waiting there,' she said. 'I'm not making content on a connecting flight. I'm talking about the most random cities.' Dunne included a clip of herself from earlier in the day inside a car, crying after an unsettling event she faced after a red-eye flight. Dunne says the group had 'circled' the MLB WAG as she waited at baggage claim at the undisclosed airport. On Thursday, she shared a picture of herself and Pittsburgh Pirates boyfriend Paul Skenes sitting together on a private jet. Dunne said she wasn't the only one to experience the traumatic celebrity treatment while out in public, referring to Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas' recent problems with the autograph hounds. 'It's not only me, I remember Gabby Thomas made a video about this and it needs to stop because it's scary for girls, it's weird,' Dunne said. Thomas praised Dunne for speaking out over the frightening encounters. 'Girl!! So sad that because we're good at what we do people feel like they should have constant access to us and give us travel anxiety. glad you're speaking up too,' Thomas commented. The Olympic gold medallist said she has a group of up to six middle-aged men hounding her for autographs while she's in public, saying one time they got aggressive with her after she denied them access. 'At this point, every time I travel I'm afraid that these men, it's three to six of them, middle-aged, are going to show up and harass me. And it doesn't matter what city — they've come when I was travelling to and from Chicago, they've come when I was travelling to and from Miami and they have my flight information,' Thomas said in a TikTok video posted in January. 'What scares me is that they have my flight information, even when I don't even know what time I'm flying out sometimes. I don't tell anyone my flight information. I've changed all my email passwords. I don't know if they're hacking me. But they get really aggressive and hostile if I say no and when I'm by myself, it's really scary,' Thomas added.
National Post
27-05-2025
- Health
- National Post
Olympic hero Mary Lou Retton busted for DUI
Article content America's Sweetheart is making headlines again – but for the wrong reasons. Article content Article content U.S. Olympic hero Mary Lou Retton was busted earlier this month in West Virginia on a DUI rap. Article content The gold-medal-winning gymnast was arrested on May 17 in Marion County, W. Va. for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs,' according to records posted by the West Virginia Magistrate Court system. Article content According to TMZ, the documents state that Retton initially was stopped by police after she allegedly had been driving her grey Porsche 'all over the roadway.' Article content While she was being questioned, officers claimed Retton reeked of booze and slurred her words. During all of the field sobriety testing, she allegedly showed signs of impairment and, after cops said she refused blood alcohol content tests, Retton was placed in custody. Article content The report also noted that the 57-year-old retired gymnast had a container of wine in her passenger seat. Article content Retton is now facing one misdemeanor count of DUI. She posted $1,500 bond the same day of her arrest. Article content The former athlete has not yet publicly commented on the matter. Article content Retton became an American hero at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where she captured five medals in gymnastics including the country's first-ever gold in the all-around competition. Article content She also won two silvers and two bronze medals at the Games and was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1984. Article content Retton began to make headlines in late 2023 when her daughters revealed the gymnastics great was battling a rare form of pneumonia, which landed her in the ICU. Article content She was hospitalized in October 2023 after a neighbour found her laying on her bedroom floor, struggling to breathe. Article content She was admitted to the ICU and her four daughters feared for the worst – even saying their goodbyes – before Retton made her recovery from the illness. Article content Article content Article content During an interview with Today in early 2024, she opened up about her health scare. Article content Article content 'I am so grateful to be here. I am blessed to be here, because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support,' she said. Article content At the time, Retton's family started a crowdfunding to help pay for her treatment, raising a whopping US$459,324. Article content
Al Jazeera
27-05-2025
- Health
- Al Jazeera
Teenage Gaza gymnast who lost both legs dreams of walking again
NewsFeed Teenage Gaza gymnast who lost both legs dreams of walking again Ahmed is a 16-year-old gymnast who lost both his legs in an Israeli attack on Gaza. His mother hopes to send him abroad for prosthetic limbs so he can once again practice the sport he loves.
The Sun
23-05-2025
- The Sun
Obsessed schoolgirl, 15, threatened to murder Strictly star after being convicted of stalking her
AN obsessed schoolgirl threatened to murder a Strictly star after being convicted of stalking her, a court heard. Former top gymnast Claudia Fragapane was forced to flee her home after being harassed by the 15-year-old. 1 The teen, who cannot be named, was given a restraining order for stalking but is now accused of breaching it by posting on social media. She made the post on the last day of a previous court hearing and was arrested two days later. When police took her into custody she allegedly told them: 'I'm going to murder all the family.' The teen has denied breaching her restraining order at Bristol magistrates' court. Former Olympic gymnast Claudia, who reached the Strictly semi-finals in 2016 with AJ Pritchard, may be called to give evidence. The case continues.
