There are so many gymnasts that prove you don’t need to stop after 18 (I only mentioned US ones above cause they’ll influence our culture more, but there’s a gymnast named Oksana Chusovitina in her 40s who has been to a bunch of Olympics. I would love Chellsie’s comeback to lead to more interest in adult gymnastics and more gyms catering to that interest. I hate that it’s presented as a kids only sport in the US (no idea the perception in other countries). Now Simone Biles is also going for two quads and Chellsie Memmel’s mounting a comeback in her 30s, so hopefully the tides start turning.īut I think you’re right that the trend of young elites is probably a sizable part of the lack of adult gym options. Or at least that used to be the case, but Aly Raisman sort of started proving that that doesn’t need to happen (she was 18 at her first Olympics in 2012 and people told her she was too old to go to another, yet she was even better next Olympics). Most elites retire in their teens, either stopping completely or competing NCAA.
I just wanted to do some recreational class for gymnastics, but I've already been turned down by two gyms because they don't carry insurance for adults. So I've always "tagged along" in the kids classes in order to progress because it was literally the only way to learn in figure skating and ballet. My area has no adult classes for figure skating, ballet, or gymnastics. Some of their policies might go up to 23 instead of 18, but I'm betting all of the kids go away to college and never come back, so age 18 max is probably all the area gyms have ever needed.īallet and figure skating have insurance as well, but they don't care about your age at all. I guess that means everyone in the area quits gymnastics as soon as they turn 18 or moves to a different area. Apparently I may be completely out of luck if it turns out every single gym in the area has a policy that anyone over age 18 is not allowed to participate because they don't have insurance that covers it.
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