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Simone Biles entered the 2020 Olympic Games with a record 25 World Championship medals and four moves so difficult that she alone out of all the world’s gymnasts could perform them. But what took place on the competition floor made history in a way no one could have expected. Simone had “the twisties” — a complete loss of ability to perceive her body in space. I’m a former competitive gymnast myself (though let’s be clear — Simone and I occupy entirely different stratospheres). By the time he was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison, over 200 gymnasts had spoken up, and Simone was one of them.
Persons: Simone Biles, Simone, I’ve, I’m, let’s, Larry Nassar, Nassar Organizations: Gymnastics
But the four-times Olympic gold medallist cleared up any confusion this past weekend, proving she is as big a threat as ever one year out from the next Olympics. In addition to the all-around, Biles is favoured on the world stage for the vault and floor exercise golds due to her unmatched difficulty. The Russian women, competing as the Russian Olympic Committee due to a doping ban, captured team gold in Tokyo, leaving the United States to settle for silver. Contenders could include an unprecedented three Olympic all-around champions as 2012 winner Gabby Douglas, 27, recently announced plans to join Biles and 2020 champion Sunisa Lee, 20, on the road to Paris. The Paris squad will be selected at U.S. team trials at the end of June next year, a month before the 2024 Games.
Persons: Simone Biles’s, , Biles, Gabby Douglas, Sunisa Lee, , Clare Fallon Organizations: Tokyo Olympics, Paris, International Gymnastics Federation, Russian Olympic, Paris Games, Biles, U.S, Thomson Locations: NAPERVILLE, Ill, Chicago, Saturday’s, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Russia, Belarusian, Ukraine, Russian, United States, U.S, Paris
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