The resurrection of Simone Biles

By now, everything has already been said about Simone Biles. That she was born into a broken home, that it was her grandfather who, with his second wife, adopted Simone and her sister Adria, and that she grew up happy and athletic doing gymnastics from the age of six. She joined the national team very early on due to her talent and began to stand out in “minor” competitions until she was old enough to be part of the U.S. senior team. The coach at the time, Martha Karoly (wife of Bela Karoly, coach and discoverer of Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton) included her in the national team for the 2014 World Championships in Antwerp, and at the age of 16 she was proclaimed world champion, a title she has won six times. She has won 30 medals at World Championships, of which 23 are gold, far surpassing the second gymnast with the most medals, Vitaly Sherbo, an Olympic champion in Barcelona 92. She was champion of the United States on nine occasions. And she arrived in Paris with seven Olympic medals, tied with Shannon Miller.

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