She coached Simone Biles. Next up: Reviving a dormant NCAA dynasty.

by | Aug 22, 2024 | Representation, SEW | 0 comments

Cecile Landi ended her coaching marathon at the Olympics by guiding the world’s best gymnast to the final flourish of her redemptive comeback. Landi had counseled Simone Biles three years ago in Tokyo, where she withdrew from nearly every event because of a 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 get betterseemed uncertain. But as Biles continued on, with Cecile and Laurent Landi as her new coaches, she kept climbing. Biles mastered innovative elements so difficult that no woman had ever attempted them in a competition, and her all-around dominancemade her nearly unstoppable. For Biles, a podium-worthy floor routine 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. Read More

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