Surprising Beauty Rules and Deductions That Could Cost Olympic Athletes the Gold

The 2024 USA Gymnastics Women's Program Rules created by the National Women's Program Committee has regulations on hair and jewelry. It states hair must be "secured away from the face so as to not obscure her vision of the apparatus." While there are no specific rules on makeup, they're to be "well-groomed" and flashy manicures are not allowed because they're distracting for the judges.

There's a reason you've never seen Biles competing with her nose stud in at the Olympics: the athletes are only allowed one stud in each ear. "All other piercing should be removed, not just covered with tape or Band-Aids," according to the rulebook.