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In least-surprising news ever, Simone Biles makes team for world gymnastics championships

Simone Biles is going to the world gymnastics championships!

Duh.

Biles making the U.S. team for worlds, which begin later this month in Doha, Qatar, was never in question once she returned to the gym. She’s the reigning Olympic all-around champion and the first woman to win three consecutive world titles. She competes skills in competition no other women dare try, even with a pit full of foam to break their fall.

(If you haven’t seen the vault she debuted at the world team selection camp meet Thursday, go find it.)

No, the question was who would be going with Biles as the U.