Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez & Aly Raisman Named To US Women's Gymnastics Olympic Team
Simone Biles has secured the top spot on the US Women’s Gymnastics Team for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics!
The 19-year-old athlete will be joined on the team by Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Gabby Douglas.
“this is going to be an emotional weekend,” Simone had tweeted ahead of the first day of competition.
The Women’s Gymnastics team will join the Mens’ — Sam Mikulak, John Orozco, Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton and Alex Naddour — in Brazil for competition in August.
Congrats to the entire team!
You ladies are going to Rio! ????????????
CONGRATS @Simone_Biles @gabrielledoug @Aly_Raisman @MadisonKocian @lzhernandez02! pic.twitter.com/JZGNX9fR16
— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) July 11, 2016
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