moments

The face of gymnastics in the United States is altering. There are a lot more athletes of colour beginning — and sticking — in a sport long dominated by white athletes at the highest levels. American superstar Simone Biles dropped out of the team Olympic gymnastics final, and Russian athletes upset the U.S. team. The 21-year-old’s accomplishment comes just after she was tasked with taking the spot of Simone Biles in the floor individual all-around event. Architecture and sculpture attained an excellence which no subsequent civilization has reached. But the practical application of the sciences to day-to-day use was just...