There's a large whiteboard calendar on a wall inside the massive gym owned by Simone Biles' family that outlines every major gymnastics event of the year, the 2020 Olympics included.
When the Tokyo Games were officially postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the reigning Olympic champion's coaches ran over to the calendar and erased all of it.
Watching Cecile Landi wipe away all of Biles' carefully laid plans left the 23-year-old star reeling. While many other high-profile athletes came forward in the aftermath of the postponement, Biles needed some time to collect herself and figure out a way forward. “It’s a letdown,” Biles told The Associated Press in a phone interview Wednesday. “It’s hard to keep looking