Good News: Simone Biles is now announced as the head coach of US gymnastics icon see more š šĀ ļæ¼
Good News: Simone Biles is now announced as the head coach of US gymnastics icon see more š šĀ ļæ¼ She coached Simone Biles. Next up: Reviving a dormant NCAA dynasty. Cecile Landi has done it all at the elite level. Now sheās headed to the University of Georgia to be the co-head coach. PARIS…
Good News: Simone Biles is now announced as the head coach of US gymnastics icon see more š šĀ
She coached Simone Biles. Next up: Reviving a dormant NCAA dynasty.
Cecile Landi has done it all at the elite level. Now sheās headed to the University of Georgia to be the co-head coach.
PARIS ā Cecile Landi ended her coaching marathon at the Olympics by guiding the worldās best gymnast to the final flourish of herĀ redemptiveĀ comeback. Landi had counseled Simone Biles three years ago in Tokyo, where she withdrew from nearly every event because of aĀ mental block, and then helped her return to these Games and win four medals.
When Biles competed at her first Olympics in 2016, she already had risen to the top of her sport. Whether Biles could getĀ betterĀ seemed uncertain. But as Biles continued on, withĀ Cecile and Laurent LandiĀ as her new coaches, she kept climbing. Biles masteredĀ innovative elementsĀ so difficult that no woman had ever attempted them in a competition, and herĀ all-around dominanceĀ made her nearly unstoppable. For Biles, a podium-worthyĀ floor routineĀ marked the satisfying end to her Paris run. And for Cecile Landi, it brought another highlight in a career that will soon take a dramatic turn.
Landi is trading elite gymnastics ā the world she has long known, both as a 1996 Olympian for France and as a coach ā for the NCAA. Landi is heading to the University of Georgia to be the co-head coach tasked with revitalizing a program with historic success but recent struggles.
āItās really insane,ā Landi said before the competition began, āso Iām trying to not cry.ā
Landi has coached multiple Olympians and world champions, plus dozens of athletes who went on to compete in college. Top gymnasts from around the country flocked to World Champions Centre,Ā the club owned by Bilesās parents, in large part to be coached by the Landis. Everything had been going so well for Landi. And in a way, thatās why it was time to move on.
