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PARIS — Simone Biles was soaring and twisting through the air. It was majestic, a near-perfectly executed Cheng vault that she landed with just a small hop … and then a smile.
Over on the United States women’s gymnastics team bench, Jordan Chiles leapt up in the air in celebration. Biles hitting a Cheng, a less difficult vault than her more daring Biles II, wouldn’t normally generate such excitement.