NAMES & FACES
Mo Farah
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Simone Biles
The Olympic gymnastics champion says she is in no hurry to declare whether she is beginning a comeback following a year off after her historic performance at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. And she’d be just fine if everyone else took the same approach. Asked why she started doing semi-formal workouts this month, Biles shrugged. “I don’t know yet, that’s the thing,” Biles said. “What’s the hardest point of all is everyone has already set expectations for me for my comeback before I’ve come out and said it.” The past 12 months have been a welcome break following her run atop the sport, a stretch that included three straight world all-around championships and five medals (four gold) in Rio. Biles, 20, joked that the only exercise she has done since she got back from Brazil is walking her dog, though that’s not exactly true. She participated in a post-Olympic tour and competed on “Dancing With the Stars,” some of the perks of her newfound celebrity. Biles currently doesn’t have a coach after longtime mentor Aimee Boorman left Texas for a job in Florida in the fall. So for now, her training is just basic skills like back handsprings and leaps. Maybe a couple of layouts. No tumbling. No vaulting. A bit of beam. “I’m still getting my body right and see how I feel,” she said. “Yeah, testing the waters, basically.”