Biles is is proud to have a gymnastics move named after her.

Simone Biles is upbeat and easy to like.

Braces are one of the many struggles that Simone Biles had to overcome.

Biles is young for the amount of experience and success she's had.

suggesting how Biles took a weakness and turned it into one of her greatest assets

explaining why Biles would have to build a career without being able to perfect the balance beam

showing how unnecessarily harsh critics were toward Biles early on in her career

establishing what would be her signature tumbling technique throughout her Olympic run

The all-around competition was previously better suited for the elegant Eastern Europeans.

Biles possessed a distinct physical advantage over even the highest-achieving gymnasts before her.

Biles was expected to struggle in the all-around competition due to being under 5-feet.

Most fans do not realize just how short Gabby Douglas is.

Biles attributes a good deal of her success to her close bond with Gabby Douglas.

Biles does not pick routines that have a high degree of difficulty, but she executes them with near perfection.

Biles is such an exceptional gymnast that it became almost impossible to for any other gymnasts to compete at her level.

Biles was almost kept out of Olympic competition due to her height.

"Her height bothered her as a child. As she told Women’s Health, ‘it was kind of a struggle being small since everyone would make fun of you,’ but she’s glad she can show others that they can be ‘short or tall’ and become the best.”

“Part of Biles’s natural talent also stems from her height or lack thereof.”

“Yet, her commitment to honing that athleticism in the gym and her willingness to make tough choices are what truly set her apart.”

“As Olympics teammate Aly Raisman told the New Yorker, ‘Simone’s just in her own league. Whoever gets second place, that’s the winner."