gymfan 🤸‍♂️

She got to go up on the podium and have a medal ceremony for a medal she didn’t earn. Ana may get a medal eventually, but she’ll never have that moment of having her flag raised as she stands next to Simone and Rebeca, and Sabrina will get neither. Jordan will go back to a well funded college program and a well funded elite program with tons of potential for endorsements. She’s still got her Olympic gold and silver.

13. Aliya Mustafina, gymnastics

Key accomplishments: Seven-time Olympic medalist, two-time Olympic gold medalist, 11-time World Championship medalist.

Before Simone Biles made it seem easy to be successful across multiple Olympic cycles, there was Russia's Aliya Mustafina. She burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old to win the 2010 world all-around title, while leading her team to gold and earning three additional silver medals in event finals. She would go on to capture the Olympic gold on bars in both 2012 and 2016, with routines that are still lauded today for their variety of skills, easy swing and picture-perfect release moves.

very intrigued how they will evaluate the criteria

surely this must have been in motion before but announcing this now is very much like oh we don't wanna ban israelis WHICH ARE ACTIVELY MILITARY PERSONEL so maybe some russians can compete lmao