Courage to Soar [antikvár]

The Power of a Dream Foreword by Mary Lou Hetton The first time I met Simone Biles, I knew she was special. She was an outrageously talented twelve-year-old dynamo, and I was handing her a gold medal at the Mary Lou Retton Invitational meet in Houston. As she gave that now famous smile and thanked me, I immediately noticed she possessed a unique combination of skill and character: an incredible God-gifted athleticism and explosive power on the mat, a commitment to doing the hard work, and, most important of all, the grace, belief, and joy in gymnastics that would take her all the way. It was only a matter of time before the world learned just how high Simone could fly. Even before the 2016 Olympics, Simone had already amassed a total of fourteen World medals, ten of them gold, the most ever won by an American female gymnast. She'd garnered three consecutive World Championship titles—the only woman to win three in a row—and claimed her fourth straight US National title. In Rio, on the world's biggest stage, she quickly added to that medal count when the American women took gold in the team