Where does Simone Biles rank?

[Mizzou_8541]

Where does Simone Biles rank among the best American athletes ever? She’s literally reset the bar for the entire sport. Mahomes level except she’s done it for over a decade and against the world. Who is better? She has multiple routines named after her. Largest margin of victory. She jumps like 12 feet over routine. The oldest to win the all around in 72 years. I don’t know how to do polls, but even if I did what choices would he in the poll? I have two daughters in gymnastics and they both want to be her (obviously not relevant to my question but it’s nice as a dad to see them strive to beat her).

[A8bil]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

wait 4 years

That's what the uninformed think...there will be someone new in 4 years. SB won the world championships in 2013. There has been no, "wait for 4 years and there will be someone else." Those who follow the sport know that if SB is competing, there no one waiting in the wings to take her title. That's been true for 11 years, and will continue as long as SB competes.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Lol, okay. So, a fear of heights is just a loss of focus, eh? Good to know.

Shirley, you understand the difference between a phobia and clinical depression. If a gymnast is afraid of being a gymnast then they don't have to be a gymnast anymore. They can literally not do those things. When one is clinically depressed they can't escape it. And even phobias can cross over to a point to be truly unhealthy like someone who's agoraphobic, but let's not act like Simone biles has to be a gymnast. She doesn't.