OlympicTalk · Jan 13, 2021
Laurie Hernandez sets first gymnastics meet in 4 1/2 years
Laurie Hernandez plans to compete for the first time since the Rio Olympics at the Winter Cup in Indianapolis the last weekend of February.
Hernandez’s agent confirmed the plan after it was tweeted from the gymnast’s account Tuesday night.
Hernandez took gold in the team event and silver on the balance beam as the youngest U.S. female Olympian across all sports in Rio at age 16.
She took a break from competition after the Games, won “Dancing with the Stars,” moved from New Jersey to Los Angeles and began her comeback in earnest in 2019, returning to her first U.S. national team camp that November.