In October 2014, a video of the Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache went viral. She was saving Simone Biles from a bee.
They were both standing on the podium of the world championships in China to collect their medals — a gold for Biles, a silver for Iordache — when the bee buzzed in Biles’s bouquet. Iordache pointed to it. Screaming, Biles threw the bouquet down and ran toward Iordache as if seeking protection. The bee flew off.
But the clip, which has been viewed more than three million times, showed something more than a funny scene.