UNITED STATES
SFGate
August 22, 2018
By Ann Killion
Did you witness that beautiful story of strength and surviving? A tale that came wrapped in one of the tiniest packages in sports?
After Simone Biles’ tour-de-force performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she won four gold medals and established herself as the greatest gymnast in the world, she took almost two years off.
Last weekend, the 4-foot-8 powerhouse returned to the spotlight, sweeping all four individual events at nationals.
But in those two years, her entire world was rocked. USA Gymnastics was embroiled in a horrifying sexual-abuse scandal. Earlier this year, Biles, 21, came forward to say that she, too, had been sexually abused by team doctor Larry Nassar.
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