Simone Biles, who has won the last three world championships in the all-around, finished first in Sunday’s Olympic preliminary round and helped the United States beat China by nearly 10 points.Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — In the hours before the preliminary round of Olympic gymnastics, members of the United States women’s team were at the cafeteria in the athletes’ vil
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