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Simone Biles is Captain America

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776138632 ORIG FILE ID: 2164029656
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776138632 ORIG FILE ID: 2164029656

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Olympic medal count: United States:  — France: 10 — China Japan:  Republic of Korea: 

Simone Biles is truly the best of us

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Simone Biles of Team United States competes in the floor exercise during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776138632 ORIG FILE ID: 2164025806
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: Simone Biles of Team United States competes in the floor exercise during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776138632 ORIG FILE ID: 2164025806

not even America's [expletive] I can do this all day according to USA Today Sports' Tom Schad. "Not again," flashbacks to her twisties scare Not like this."  she seems just fine good as can be considering the injury absolutely shattering the sport of gymnastics. she gets dinged on execution

France's new phenom

France's Leon Marchand reacts at the end of the men's 200m breaststroke final during the French swimming championships in Chartres, central France, on June 19, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2157733471
France's Leon Marchand reacts at the end of the men's 200m breaststroke final during the French swimming championships in Chartres, central France, on June 19, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2157733471

Here's our daily word from Michelle Martinelli, with boots on the ground in France. Today, she shares what it was like to witness the ascension of France's new superstar, Léon Marchand. 

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