“She’s a huge role model of mine, honestly,” Danell Leyva, who is on the United States men’s team, said of Biles. But he’s a normal human being just like the rest of us.”When asked if she was the Uchimura of women’s gymnastics, or Uchimura was the Biles of men’s gymnastics, Biles smiled. The United States team won qualifying by nearly 10 points, over China — a chasm in a sport in which top competitors are often separated by tenths, or even hundredths. Thousands of fans in the Rio Olympic Arena snapped to attention. You can guess what the United States gymnasts did to celebrate.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2016 02:53 UTC