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To Become the G.O.A.T., Simone Biles First Had to Be a Turtle

She sealed her legacy with four medals at the Paris Games. She created it by being herself and going at her own pace.

Credit...Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

She sealed her legacy with four medals at the Paris Games. She created it by being herself and going at her own pace.

Credit...Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

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By Juliet Macur

Juliet Macur, who has covered Simone Biles’s career since Biles was 18, reported from Paris.

  • Aug. 5, 2024

To end the Olympics she once thought would never happen for her, Simone Biles began her floor exercise routine on Monday and did what she was made to do: flip and twist and thrill an arena filled with people there to watch her.