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United States' Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's team final Aug. 9 at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Briles was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, on Monday, Dec. 26.

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Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different?

By Associated Press December 26, 2016