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You deliberation Simone Biles is bully connected TV? Imagine watching her successful person.
Well, Livvy Dunne did conscionable that successful Paris – successful fact, she competed alongside nan seven-time Olympic golden medalist erstwhile they were successful their younger days.
"I utilized to do elite pinch her, and she conscionable has ever been truthful dominant," Dunne said successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital. "I don’t cognize if there’s ever going to beryllium anyone who has astir nan magnitude of talent arsenic Simone Biles."
Dunne took nan travel to Paris to support Team USA, and she saw them predominate nan games erstwhile again.
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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles airs pinch their Olympic medals astatine Bercy Arena connected Aug. 5, 2024, successful Paris. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
But, arsenic usual, it was Biles who took her activity away.
"Watching her successful personification is specified a treat. To spot what she does and really precocious she tin spell successful person, it’s really an grant to watch her. That’s nan champion measurement to picture it," Dunne added.
While Dunne was successful Paris, though, she saw first-hand nan emotional roller coaster that Jordan Chiles was on.
Chiles initially vanished 4th successful nan individual level competition, but an accepted enquiry bumped her people up one-tenth of a point. That brought her to a bronze badge victory, causing nan first victor of nan medal, Ana Barbosu, to spell from ceremony to tears and anger – each while Chiles and Biles celebrated.
Jordan Chiles is congratulated by teammate Simone Biles aft dramatically claiming nan bronze badge connected a people alteration connected Aug. 5, 2024, successful Paris. (Mehmet Murat Onel/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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However, nan Romanian Gymnastics Federation challenged that nan enquiry was submitted past nan one-minute deadline, which yet was nan ruling – thus, Chiles was near without a medal.
"That was a tricky situation. I don’t cognize if they made nan scores adjacent connected purpose, I person nary clue. I’ve ne'er seen thing for illustration that successful gymnastics history," Dunne said. "I emotion Jordan, she’s 1 of my bully friends, we grew up doing elite gymnastics together. I conscionable deliberation nan full business was truthful tricky, and I consciousness bad for everyone that was a portion of it.
"You evidently activity truthful difficult to get to nan Olympics, and to person a badge there, and past taken distant truthful easily, and person it beryllium truthful finicky, it’s heartbreaking for everyone involved. I conscionable dream my woman Jordan is OK. It sewage dragged retired measurement excessively long, moreover aft nan games were over. The full business was conscionable ace tricky, and I consciousness truthful bad for each nan girls involved."
Ana Maria Barbosu poses pinch her Olympic bronze badge connected Aug. 16, 2024, successful Bucharest, Romania. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chiles revenge an entreaty successful nan Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland successful 1 much effort to get nan badge back.
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