SAN JOSE — Numbers are not enough to motivate Simone Biles.
Good thing, or it could be a struggle just to get off the couch at this point.
Biles has established herself as the best gymnast in the world, maybe the best of all time, by winning every title there is for three years running. What makes the ever-growing chasm between her and the rest of the world that much more impressive is that she’s done it without a rival pushing her.
Whereas Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson traded spots atop the podium for more than a year and Gabby Douglas chased down Jordyn Wieber, there’s no one breathing down Biles’ neck.