Just as Americans have followed the story of Simone Biles’s remarkable perseverance, Andrade’s grit and dedication since her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro inn 2015, has earned her national-hero status.
The gymnastics portion of the 2024 Olympic Games has now concluded. While some stars were reaffirmed and forged over the last 10 days, others were introduced—on a much wider scale than ever before—to American audiences. Without question, none shone more brightly than Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade. Andrade ended her Paris Games with a semi-surprise gold medal on the floor, a discipline that has long been Biles’s territory.
Likewise for a young woman who has had not one, not two, but three serious ACL injuries in recent years. Just as Americans have followed the story of Biles’s own remarkable perseverance, Andrade’s grit and dedication since her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, where she still trains, in 2016 has earned her national-hero status. But something about these Games has thrust her into the American limelight.
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