By George Vecsey — 1984
Seventy-one years later, Abel Kiviat still gets annoyed when he remembers the footsteps from behind that cost him a gold medal in the 1912 Olympics.
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CLEAR ALL
The world’s best gymnast doesn’t need to look invincible.
She looked for all the world like a woman who could not be cowed. And then just when her many detractors thought she was out for good, she pulled herself back in.
By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.