Sanne Wevers Pirouettes Her Way to Balance Beam Gold
Although the Code of Points encourages difficult flips — and lots of them — Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers reminded the world that there are other ways to remain competitive in the sport of gymnastics. While collecting her difficulty points mostly from spins, she overtook Americans Laurie Hernandez and Simone Biles to win gold in the balance beam final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio — becoming the first female gymnast to win an individual medal for the Netherlands.