Given that they haven’t won a medal yet, doesn’t it seem a little premature to declare the five young women on the USA’s gymnastics team as the best in American history?
Tough. That’s exactly the lofty perch the USA women seem destined for after a dominating Sunday qualifying round that made it obvious the rest of the world's female gymnasts are playing strictly for silver at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian waltzed through what amounted to a dress rehearsal for the gold medal they’ll win in the team competition on Tuesday.