Difficulty with precision
Biles’s gymnastics combines highly demanding skills with the execution needed to complete them in competition. Several skills bear her name in the sport’s scoring system.
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Simone Biles
Artistic gymnast
An athlete whose work invites attention to technical difficulty, precision, longevity, and the conditions of performance.
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The story behind it.
An athlete whose work invites attention to technical difficulty, precision, longevity, and the conditions of performance.
Excellence over time
Her career spans multiple Olympic cycles, giving the collection an example of achievement that includes development and return as well as a single peak performance.
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USA Gymnastics · Olympic history (opens in a new tab)Source for Simone Biles: USA Gymnastics · Olympic history.
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USA Gymnastics · Olympic history (opens in a new tab)Background & references (opens in a new tab)Sources & credits
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