“It’s really incredible how genuine he was, that he was able to fly out here to come to the Olympics”, said Biles. At 19, Biles has already been called the best female gymnast who ever lived by former champions, including 1984 gold medalist Mary Lou Retton. Aly Raisman, a gymnast, told Bob Costas or NBC that the actor plans to learn some gymnastic skills from the team such as a backflip.
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“A medal is a medal”.
“It’s been a long journey, but I’ve enjoyed every moment”, said the Texan whose early life struggles had not set her out as the future face of women’s gymnastics.
The U.S. women’s duo of Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross came up short against hometown favorites Agatha and Barbara (just the one name for both) in the beach volleyball semi. “So I was so happy and so proud”.
The actor surprised Biles – who won four Olympic gold medals and bronze – during an interview on the Today show after she confessed to being a fan.
Massachusetts-based Raisman took more than a year off before deciding to return for Rio. Her 10 gold medals earned over that span is a record for any gymnast, and she has 14 total medals from world championship competition.
Just over two weeks ago, Michael Phelps carried the American flag into the Opening Ceremony, leading Team USA into the Parade of Nations.
“I’m very excited to go back to the states and try to get back into normal life, but we have the Kellogg’s tour so that’ll be insane but super, super fun, we’re all excited”, she said.
“It’s obviously not something that people expect or that’s easy to do after taking a year off and having it be the second Olympics or being the grandma or whatever they like to say”.
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“Surprise! #Rio2016 #Gold #FinalFive”, he captioned several snaps of himself with Biles and Aly Raisman.
