Bruce Diven
With the Olympics, it’s always a great time to watch TV and see all the athletes who represent the USA. I happened to see the national gymnastic finals that qualified our athletes for the Olympics, and who else but Simone Biles was the person to watch.
What a talented athlete, who is truly at the top of her game. She won the overall national gymnastics title hands-down over the second-place competitor. It wasn’t even close. The perfection in all her moves and the height that she took her floor exercise routine was simply unmatched.
How can a champion like Simone Biles achieve such a level of perfection? In an interview on April 22 on The Tonight Show, Biles discussed her training schedule. She trains seven hours a day and takes Sundays off. “So Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday I train twice a day. And then Thursday and Saturday I train once a day,” she said. “I would definitely say it doesn’t matter where you start; it’s where you are going and