"I have parents come in with their kids who started with D's and F's in school and 6 months later those kids are getting A's and B's in school," said Luzcando. Gymnastics also helped her own son ...

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Five of every 1,000 children, ages 6 to 17 — about 27,000 children in all — who participated in some form of gymnastics sought medical care in the ER each year for a gymnastics-related injury.

As great an impact as Biles has, though, she is at the top of what has been a rising wave in US gymnastics. She, Douglas and Lee, the last three Olympic all-around champions, are all women of color.