A joyous celebration:

[tblue37]

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[bottomofthehill]

1. She has worked long and hard to accomplish this

Amazing, very happy for her and all who supported her in this accomplishment.

[tblue37]

2. By withdrawing, Biles opened up this opportunity for a young teammate to shine.

[fishwax]

3. what an awesome joyous reaction! any chance you could edit your title

So it doesn't contain a spoiler as this thread gets kicked towards the greatest page?

[tblue37]

5. Did so. I thought everyone would already know, since it's all over the net that she won, but I

edited it just to be on the safe side.

[lunatica]

4. I wish I had a family like that!

I bet they would be just as supportive if she had lost.

[Princess Turandot]

6. You might notice that her dad is in a wheelchair...

Two years ago, while helping a friend cut down a tree, he fell off of a ladder and injured his spine, paralyzing him from the chest down. He was her biggest booster and refused to allow the awful event to interfere with her gymnastics schedule/work.

[GopherGal]

8. All that happened a day or two before she left for her first US Championships at age 16

He encouraged her to still attend. She finished 2nd all-around to Biles and won gold in uneven bars. She was named to the 2019 Worlds team. Came back from there with team gold, floor exercise silver, and uneven bars bronze.

[brush]

7. Kool.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. support from fam and friends is critical in these events .

rah. rah. rah. rah. good on u.

[stillcool]

10. that's a keeper!

it looks better than being there. All relaxed, family and friends. So many to celebrate with, and no hotel. So great to see so many thrilled people behind these athletes and their quest to be the best.