Belizeans celebrate Simone Biles’ victory at the Rio Games

I’ve been with her since I was 7 years old, and we’ve done this journey together.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman stood side-by-side in Rio Olympic Arena, clutching each other while waiting for the inevitable coronation.

Her current coach, Jimmy Pedro, helped Harrison find passion for the sport after Doyle went to prison and Harrison threatened suicide.

“She’s like a second mom to me”.

Biles shrugged off the talk, just as she shrugged off a question afterward about whether she was a celebrity (she says she’s not).

Aimee Boorman, her coach since age 7, said Friday she doesn’t expect to see Biles back in the gym for at least a year after the Rio Games, even if she decides to return for the 2020 Tokyo Games. But I want to be the best and if I have to work with what I have, I will work with it and maybe I will get better.

Manuel, a Stanford student, gets the significance. Thursday night’s Rio coverage drew 31.4 million total viewers, up 16% from Wednesday night and down 15% from London.

Three more golds, and her name will start coming up whenever Olympic greats are debated. So, who’s behind door number eight for Maryland’s gold medal count? the aforementioned UT swimmer Jack Conger, a Rockville, Maryland native. Now the world has been able to witness the incredible performances of three-time World Champion Simone Biles, Douglas and Laurie Hernandez delivering the unexpected, yet masterful gymnastics routines. Two other siblings were adopted by Ron’s sister.

“I tried to take the weight of the black community off my shoulders”, she said.

“I think it has been an uphill battle for Aly, proving to Martha [Karolyi] and the selection committee that a girl in her 20s could still do it and could earn that spot”, Johnson said. “But at the same time, I would like there to be a day when there are more of us and it’s not “Simone, the black swimmer”, Manuel said. It’s for all the people after me, who believe they can’t do it. “I wanted to do it for them”.

Then the woman, who had remained stoic throughout the previous two hours as she showcased her jaw-dropping skills across four apparatus, finally let her guard down and burst into tears.

While there was no suspense about who the victor would be, the race for silver and bronze was open. “I want to go to the Olympics one day, ‘” Robinson said. “You never know the feeling until it hits you”, said Biles, declining to embrace comparisons to Olympic legends such as Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps.

“I’m not a celebrity”.

The headline was later changed and the following message was added to the story: “The original headline on this story was insensitive and has been updated to acknowledge the historic gold medal wins by both Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps”.