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TRIGGER WARNING: this post contains content about suicide.    On December 14, 2022, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a professional dancer, So You Think You Can Dance runner-up, and former DJ of the Ellen Degeneres show, died by suicide at age 40. He leaves behind...

“Elegant.” “Beautiful.” “Unabashedly girly.” For a long time, I struggled to put my finger on exactly what it was that bothered me about many descriptions of my sport. I agree and appreciate that it is beautiful. Yet even relatively positive descriptions of...

If you're new here, welcome to Athlete Voices! We are a news and media brand that turns the spotlight on all thing aesthetic sports, namely, "appearance-oriented" sports such as gymnastics, dance, figure skating, and artistic swimming.

In 2017, professional ballroom dancer Phoenix Linsong broke her toe, which took her off the dance floor for three months. This was only one of several injuries Phoenix sustained throughout her dance career. She had tried it all– physical therapy, chiropractors,...

Could Tokyo 2020 be to rhythmic gymnastics what Beijing 2008 was to artistic? And other commentary on rhythmic gymnastics at the most recent Olympic Games Just as artistic gymnastics entered a new era after the FIG said goodbye to the “perfect 10” in 2006, rhythmic...

American sports media hardly covers rhythmic gymnastics aside from some non-primetime space during the Olympics—during which commentators refer vaguely to “grace” and “beauty” far more often than they attempt to explain the rules. As a certified rhythmic gymnastics...

The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is now behind us, marking the official commencement of the Games. We at Athlete Voices embrace all sports, but we shine a spotlight on aesthetic, performative sports like rhythmic gymnastics, figure skating, artistic...

Dr. Carly Anderson, Ph.D, is a licensed psychologist, certified mental performance consultant, and former UCLA gymnast. Her first-hand experience as a competitive athlete, coupled with years of professional training and...

Wow. Those are the first words that came to mind, after I closed the book. Wow, was that relatable. I myself was no Olympic gymnast, but as a former competitive gymnast, I got a small taste of the strife and toil Aly endured...

In 2017, former USA Gymnastics team doctor of 18 years, Larry Nassar, was convicted of molesting hundreds of young gymnasts. The real question is, how did this sexual abuse go unnoticed for so long? Why did it take over two decades for Nassar to be brought to...