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Opinion: Gymnast Morgan Hurd has something to prove -- at American Cup and beyond

SportsPulse: A video of Simone Biles doing the very difficult 'Yurchenko double pike' has gone viral on the internet, so we caught up with the four-time Olympic gold medalist to see if she will attempt the move in Tokyo. USA TODAY

MILWAUKEE — That Morgan Hurd had a crisis of confidence was understandable. Expected, even.

In 2017, she was the best gymnast in the entire world, with the title and gold medal to prove it. Two years later, she didn’t even make the U.S. team.

“It was pretty difficult. I was pretty devastated and disappointed in myself,” Hurd said in January, ahead of the first national team training camp.