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"Many people just focus on my looks and say: 'He’s got tattoos so he must be a bad boy, a troublemaker, someone without values…'", says Nicola Bartolini.
The Italian gymnast loves eye-catching tattoos - he's got over 50 on his body (including a giant face of

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Nicola Bartolini: "If I were a hot head, I would have never achieved the results that I had"

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25-time World medallist Simone Biles returns to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, for a sixth appearance at the global event seeking to add even more history to her career resume.
The last time Biles competed at the Worlds in 2019, she came away with five gold medals

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STUTTGART, GERMANY - OCTOBER 13: Simone Biles of USA poses with her Medal haul after the Apparatus Finals on Day 10 of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Hanns Martin Schleyer Hall  on October 13, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

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The first Italian man to win a gymnastics world title in 24 years opens up on his many tattoos and ‘sparkly’ personality: "The image I want to give of myself is of someone who’s nice and creative, but also a professional gymnast. Because if I were a hot head, I would have never achieved the results that I had," Bartolini told Olympics.com.

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Tokyo 2020 vaulting champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil added world gold and silver to her Olympic title Saturday (23 October) at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. The 22-year-old's triumphs are the sixth and seventh medals for her nation at the world championships. Her vault title is

KITAKYUSHU, JAPAN - OCTOBER 23: Rebeca Andrade of Brazil cerebrates after winning the Women's Vault Final during the Apparatus Finals on day six of the 50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Championships at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium on October 23, 2021 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

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Nicola Bartolini: "If I were a hot head, I would have never achieved the results that I had"

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