How Do You Get to Be The Greatest in the World?

PRACTICE, PRACTICE ...SIMONE BILESHAS WON EVERYTHING BUT THE OLYMPICS, AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE, AT 19, SHE HASN'T BEEN TO ONE YET

THE FIRST woman to win three straight world all-around championships, Simone Biles has a good chance to become the first female gymnast to earn five gold medals at a single Games. Biles has been working under the same coach, Aimee Boorman (near left), since she was six and now trains at World Champions Centre—just outside Houston. Biles's training regimen: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Sundays, she rests.