August 4, 2021 | CBC Sports

Just like a balance beam routine, gymnast Ellie Black's entire Olympic experience teetered on the edge of disaster.

She managed to salvage an inspirational fourth-place finish on the beam, despite a freshly re-injured ankle. Which really was a matter of snatching improbable triumph back from the brink of a much more likely painful retreat.

Perhaps the least-surprised person in this Olympic drama is Black herself.

August 3, 2021 | CBC Sports

Halifax gymnast ends up just behind bronze-medal winner Simone Biles. Canadian Ellie Black just missed the podium in the women's balance beam final with a fourth-place finish on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

China's Guan Chenchen captured gold, scoring 14.6333 as the final competitor to take to the beam, while fellow Chinese gymnast Tang Xijing claimed silver with a score of 14.233.

August 2, 2021 | Canadian Press

TOKYO — Canadian gymnast Ellie Black will compete in Tuesday's balance beam final, the Canadian Olympic Committee confirmed Monday.

Black pulled out of last Thursday's women's all-around final after she sprained her left ankle during training.

She said at the time she had hoped to recover in time for the beam final.

July 26, 2021 | Saltwire

The Canadian women’s gymnastics team came up short in its bid to advance to the team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.

Ellie Black, Shallon Olsen, Brooklyn Moors and Ava Stewart earned 160.964 points to place 10th overall. Only the top eight teams advance to the final.

The Canadian foursome was in eighth place following their subdivision, but both Belgium and Germany passed them in the final grouping. Belgium placed fifth with 163.895 points while Germany posted 161.162.

July 14, 2021 | The Canadian Press

Ellie Black was made for this era of women's gymnastics.

The sport rewards power, strength and audacity more now than it did a decade and a half ago, when judges scored with an eye more toward balletic grace than degree of difficulty.

July 2, 2021 | Saltwire

When Ellie Black evenutally retires from competitive gymnastics, perhaps she'll consider a second career as the host of her own cooking show.

When the 25-year-old from Halifax isn't dominating competitions across the country and around the world, she likes to unwind by spending time in the kitchen. Her love of food and preparing it also ties in nicely with her fanaticism about nutrition, which is a universal trait among world class athletes of her calibre.

June 17, 2021 | Saltwire

A third time is a charm for Halifax’s Ellie Black.

To no one’s surprise, the 25-year-old Black – Canada’s most decorated women’s artistic gymnast – was named to her third Olympic team during a Gymnastics Canada event held in Montreal on Thursday.

May 6, 2021 | The Morning Show

Olympic medalist Ellie Black talks about preparing for the Tokyo Olympics as the most decorated female gymnast at this year’s games and how she’s partnering with Sobeys to Feed the Dream.

March 29, 2021 | Sportsnet

Canada’s most decorated gymnast Ellie Black joined Tara Slone on Top Of HER Game to discuss her career, being on Team Canada and what it means to be inspiring the next generation of Canadian gymnasts.

March 8, 2021 | CBC Sports

It's International Women's Day, which means it's a great time to repeat this stat: women won 16 of Canada's 22 medals at the last Summer Olympics, including three of the four gold. Based on the latest projections, there's a good chance they account for an even larger share of the country's podium spots this summer. So let's look at some of the Canadian women who could star in Tokyo:

Ellie Black: No Canadian woman has ever won an Olympic medal in traditional gymnastics, but Black might do it in Tokyo. She took silver in the all-around (the sport's marquee event) at the 2017 world championships in Montreal and placed fourth in 2019.