When Nemour performed it in competition in June, it produced the highest score recorded on the bars since the Tokyo Olympics. But while she may wow fans in her home country at these Games, she won’t be doing it under the French flag. Nemour’s father had an Algerian passport because his parents had been born in the country, and Nemour was entitled to one as well. At the world championships in 2023, Nemour won the silver medal on the uneven bars. She didn’t realize what the result meant for African gymnastics, she said, until she started receiving a deluge of messages and interview requests.

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Persons: Kaylia, Marc Chirilcenco, Nemour, won’t, ”, Nemour’s, I’m Organizations: Paris, Games, French Locations: Tokyo, Algeria, French, Avoine, France, Algerian, Africa