Laurie Hernandez gushes over former teammate Simone Biles and shares her picks to round out the Olympic gymnastics team
With Olympic gymnastic trials just days away, two-time Olympic medalist and gymnastics icon Laurie Hernandez is sharing her athletes to watch heading into Paris.
Besides Biles, her friend and the obvious frontrunner, Hernandez revealed her predictions to round out Team USA. A 19-year-old Texas native, Blakely finished in second at the National Gymnastics Championships earlier this month — just behind Biles — earning two silver medals and two bronze medals.Yet, if Biles performs at her full capacity, there is no stopping her.
“Especially at these competitions, I’m able to go and say ‘Hi’ and she’s always so friendly and kind and I can tell she’s kind to her teammates as well,” Hernandez told Us of Biles. “I think it’s important that we have an athlete who has been around for so long kind of guiding this way for athletes that are up-and-coming. So that’s wonderful.”
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