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Simone Biles is as dominant as ever on first day of U.S. championships

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After the first night of competition, Biles leads the pack with an enormous 60.450 in the all-around and yet another performance of her Yurchenko double pike.

Simone Biles competes on the vault during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Friday in Fort Worth. FORT WORTH — When Simone Biles stepped onto the floor, her final act on the first day of the national championships, the competition turned into a performance. Children in the audience squealed. Taylor Swift’s “… Ready For It?” blared from the arena speakers.

For years, the next-best Americans have not been able to keep up with Biles, and so her performances are more appropriately judged against her potential and her past. On Friday at Dickies Arena, Biles didn’t have any major mistakes. Her power sometimes sends her flying out of bounds on floor or forces her to take multiple steps back on vault, but all evening she stayed poised and in control.Biles, chasing her ninth U.S.

 

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