How Simone Biles saved herself — and her teammates — at the Olympics
Posted Jul 28, 2021
Simone Biles had already given up on the idea of opening the Olympic team competition with a Yurchenko double pike, the kind of eye-popping, high-scoring, highlight-reel entrance that intimidates opponents, entices sponsors and wins golds. She didn’t have it. Not tonight. She knew that much. She was in her head. Deep, she said. “Demons,” she calls them.
(Yahoo! Sports)
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