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Simone Biles is the leader beleaguered USA Gymnastics needs, on and off the floor

A major overhaul is needed at USA Gymnastics because nothing else has worked. USA TODAY Sports' Nancy Armour explains how they got here. USA TODAY

Simone Biles always wins.

USA Gymnastics would do well to remember what her competitors learned years ago — and will be reminded of Saturday, when the women’s competition at the world gymnastics championships begin. Biles can bend gravity to her will, and she has shown in recent months that that power is not limited to the competition floor.

With USA Gymnastics somehow still incapable of getting out of its own way two years after the Larry Nassar scandal began unfolding, its continued missteps making an already awful situation even worse, Biles has emerged as its most influential critic.