The men’s gymnastics team will be in action on the first day of the Olympics in Rio.
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“I don’t really view myself as the world’s best or anything like that”, Biles said in the spring.
Yet there she was during podium training on Thursday, drilling Amanar vaults with precision while cementing her spot as the third all-around entry along with three-time world champion Biles and Douglas.
Douglas, 20, is the reigning Olympic all-around titleholder and Games rookie Biles, 19, a three-time world all-around champion. The team also has more women than ever. Simone Biles is already being hailed by many as the greatest gymnast of all time, despite having yet to make her Olympic bow. The gymnasts went to an interview with Ryan Seacrest. “We need you to come watch”, she said, before realizing what she had just said. “So, nobody thought it was possible, and so every time I do it everyone just gets so excited”.
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“You can probably still smell it if you want”, Naddour said, as he stretched his Team USA jersey toward a reporter, of the baby detergent that all of his gear in Rio was washed in before heading to his first Olympics competition.
“Here’s the thing about Simone”.
Douglas said as much, alluding to the strides she has made since Karolyi sequestered her Olympians for an intensive, highly regimented tune-up camp prior to Rio.
“Even if she falls down, she can still win because of her high level of difficulty. But she still has to hit”.
Joe Morris and Thomas Barrows in action on their 49er class skiff during practice ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Marina da Gloria on August 4, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They know about pressure. I have to say that Marta [National Team Coordinator Marta Karolyi] has done an incredible job.
Russia, Japan, Britain, Brazil ranked behind the United States to make the team final, along with Ukraine and Germany.
“The feeling that she believes in me”. ‘We’re here to do a job!’ That energy was incredible!
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The next day Simone asked, “Grandma, can I call you Mom?” Gymnastics as a sport, it’s so precise, it’s so detailed that you have to have that combination. It just so happens that the team has a day off the day of the opening ceremony – and they are not allowed to waste their energy walking in the parade. All those little steps count, all those landings. While Mustafina put on a near flawless display on uneven bars while throwing up 15.833, she also plopped off the balance beam. “So that’s kind of what Gabby was in that role in 2012”. “You would be insane to not jam-pack your routine with as much difficulty as possible to elevate that area of the scoring”.
