This post was updated Sept. 20 at 10:48 p.m. UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field announced Thursday morning via Twitter that she will retire following the 2018-2019 season. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field will retire after making her 29th season her last. Kondos Field holds a career coaching record of 516-120-3 and will conclude her coaching career after the 2018-2019 season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Two UCLA gymnasts said Thursday that they were abused by a former USA Gymnastics doctor who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 200 women. Read more...
Photo: UCLA gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian said they decided to come forward about their abuse by Larry Nassar after seeing other women speak out against him in January. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Christine Peng-Peng Lee was scrolling through Twitter when she found out she won co-Pac-12 Woman of the Year. “I saw that I had a mention so I started reading it and I started kind of freaking out,” Lee said. Read more...
Photo: Christine Peng-Peng Lee topped off her final season at UCLA by winning co-Pac-12 Woman of the Year. Lee led the Bruins to their first NCAA title since 2010, posting two 10s to clinch the championship meet. She also won an individual national title on the balance beam. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Gymnastics and men’s tennisAngie Forburger, assistant Sports editor Former UCLA gymnastics team member Peng-Peng Lee and former men’s tennis team member Martin Redlicki were named this year’s Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal recipients. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA gymnastics team member Peng-Peng Lee took home this year’s Tom Hansen Conference Medal along with former men’s tennis player Martin Redlicki. She also won the Honda Award for gymnastics and was a finalist for the Honda Cup. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA Athletics had an eventful year, winning multiple national championships and staging several miraculous comebacks. Looking back on the year that was, the Daily Bruin Sports staff got together and picked eight of the Bruins’ most memorable moments of the year. Read more...
Photo: After trailing by 34 points, former UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen led the Bruins to a comeback victory over the Texas A&M Aggies in the first game of the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A number of athletes and teams on campus deserve recognition for their achievements over the past year. The Daily Bruin Sports staff joined heads and came up with a handful of serious – and not so serious – awards to hand out to the most deserving candidates. Read more...
Photo: (Shreya Mantri/Daily Bruin)
Coming to UCLA, I remember someone telling me that I would learn so much about myself after going through the gymnastics program. I thought as a 19-year-old, I already knew everything there was to know – but I was proven wrong. Read more...
Photo: Peng-Peng Lee spent six years at UCLA as a member of the gymnastics team. After redshirting her first two years, she eventually led the Bruins to their first NCAA championship since 2010 in her final season. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
