University of Minnesota Beats Appeal Over Shutdown of Gymnastics

The University of Minnesota won’t be required to immediately reinstate its men’s gymnastics program because a male gymnast waited too long to seek a preliminary injunction, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Evan Ng’s motion sought to “restore the status quo” by ordering the team reinstated while his suit challenging the college’s decision to end the program proceeds.

But by the time he filed the motion, it was no longer possible for the status quo to be maintained, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled, in an opinion by Judge Lavenski R. Smith.

Ng’s delay of ...