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Martha Karolyi is giving the team a day off. “There’s two ways to go out onto the competition floor”. She responded very, very well, so we were able to do good improvements.
Biles, Costas told reporters by satellite, could be regarded as “the greatest all-around female gymnast of all time” if she brings her “A game”.
Over her meteoric rise and continued dominance in the last three years, Biles, 19, has redefined what is possible in gymnastics. The pressure to succeed is overwhelming.
Swimmer Katie Ledecky continues her quest to dominate the Rio Games after anchoring the USA women’s 4×100-meter freestyle Saturday night.
From there, Karolyi would have been expected to pore over scores, analyze routines or discuss Sunday’s qualifying lineup with coaches. Hernandez finished second in the all-around at trials, with Raisman right behind her in third.
For her coach Mihai Brestyan, the bigger question was, why?
This U.S. team is the team to beat. “Actually, that’s probably the most remarkable thing about our family”.
Maybe that appreciation and confidence will trickle into the nonathlete world too, and we’ll eventually accept that women’s bodies don’t all have to be corrected and coaxed into a single type. “Everyone was quite shocked and was asking, ‘How come Wendy’s not on the team?'” Both matches will air on NBC. Karolyi did a series of interviews.
They overcame reigning Paralympic champions and host nation Germany, as well as London 2012 bronze medallists The Netherlands, on their way to the top of the podium, providing a boost to their chances of success at Rio 2016.
If there’s one thing in this universe that terrifies me more than anything, it’s team sports.
“The Olympics team is so diverse”, Page said. He is considered by many to be the best athlete the sport has ever seen and will defend his all-around gold in Rio.
“We reached the good level of training”. She gave a lot of hope. I’m physically and mentally a little bit stronger this time than last time.
The gymnasts seemed loose enough even before they were given Friday off.
They also appreciated having a pool-front view from their rooms in the Athletes Village. At just 6 years old, Simone began perfectly imitating all the older girls doing their routines, so they called her parents to ask them to sign her up.
Douglas was officially named to the team in early July; she and the rest of the American women will open competition August 9.
“I want to do it”, she said, “to prove to myself that I can do it again”.
“Everyone makes mistakes”, Douglas said Thursday night, an edge creeping into her voice.
In the end, the team noticed how hungry Bolt must have been, since he had two heaping plates of pasta on his table.
Zika illnesses, Costas said, would need to be tracked several months after the games because “even if someone is infected, the outcome wouldn’t necessarily be apparent during the 2 1/2- to 3 weeks that we are televising the Olympics”.
-4 p.m.: The U.S. women’s soccer team takes on France. When she slogged to sixth at the Jesolo Cup in March, it seemed her odds of making an Olympic return were diminishing by the day.
From the opening ceremony to every stroke, dive and vault, every moment of the Olympics is at your fingertips. He continued, “So it’s whether I can endure that physically”.
She enjoyed herself. She escaped the daily grind, but only for so long.
Hernandez’s coach, Maggie Haney, told ESPN after podium training, “I’m disappointed at the possibility of [Hernandez] not competing in the all-around”. They’ve also traded pins and scouted boys.
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Why not? Just use that time-honored phrase to name the team: Bling Dynasty.
