Simone Biles helped lead the United States women to their second straight team gold medal on Tuesday. “I feel like I did my job tonight”, said the 19-year-old.
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Following shots of Biles demonstrating incredible acts of athleticism, the ad concludes with Nellie saying, “When I see how dedicated she is, it humbles me”. Her impressive floor routine at Tuesday’s team final helped the USA close with an nearly 9 point lead over the 2nd place team, Russia. “Simone entered her fourth and final rotation with an impressive lead, but in true Biles’ fashion, the 4’8” gymnast wanted to go out with a bang.
Even with the brilliant feats of gymnasts such as Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut still very much in living memory, experts are already running out of superlatives to describe the pocket powerhouse.
After the competition, Biles told reporters, “Every emotion hit me at once so I was just kind of a train wreck”. I always tell her, ‘Don’t forget to be the best, Simone. She said that she was forced to give up Simone and her sister, Adria, to the girls’ grandparents because of her addiction.
Ron and Nellie Biles adopted Simone and her sister in 2001 after they spent time in foster care becasue their biological mother – Ron’s daughter – struggled with drug and alcohol abuse.
Sitting in front of his computer, Sanderson then plays the footage of Biles doing a balance-beam routine at the Olympic Games in Rio. My dad and his wife, they don’t let me talk about it.
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A Roman Catholic, she is in the gym six days a week but takes Sundays off to go to church. At home in Houston, her household chores include feeding the four family dogs.
