Most of the world will get its first look at Simone Biles, the nineteen-year-old American gymnast whom I profiled in this week's magazine, during this summer’s Olympics, in Rio. But why wait until then? Biles is considered the world’s best on the balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. In this footage, we take a look at what makes her so exceptional on each apparatus.
Reeves Wiedeman is a writer living in New York.
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