RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Tunay na Olympic at world champion sina American gymnast Gabby Douglas at Simone Biles, ngunit napakalaking karanasan para sa kanila ang makasalamuha si Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt.
“He walked into the cafeteria, and Aly (Raisman) and Gabby (Douglas) about flipped the dinner table and screamed ‘It’s Usain!’ like little girls,” pahayag ng 19-anyos na si Biles, patungkol sa kanilang “first encounter” kay Bolt sa cafeteria ng Athletes Village.
Tangan ang 10 titulo sa world championship, inaasahang isa sa magniningning sa Rio Games si Biles.
“I was like, ‘You guys, you have to calm down, (do) you know what it’s like to be in that position?’ But it was very cool,” aniya.
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“It’s the Olympics, but if you think about it your brain’s going to fall out, you’re going to freak out. So we are trying to treat it like a championship.”
Kaparehas na kasiyahan ang naramdaman ni Biles nang makaharap si six-time world all-around gymnastics champion at Olympic gold medalist Kohei Uchimura ng Japan.
“Everyone knows who he is. He’s a legend and it’s very exciting to watch him (in competition),” aniya.
(Isinalin ni Lorenzo Jose Nicolas)
