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Simone Biles opens Olympic year at Pacific Rim Championships

She’s done “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” thing. The “Vogue” thing. The “get a massive shipment from Coca-Cola and Instagram it because it’s cool to be 19 and a professional athlete” thing.

Now, Simone Biles gets a chance to go out and do her thing — which she does better than any gymnast on the planet.

The three-time World all-around champion makes her 2016 debut on Saturday at the Pacific Rim Championships (NBC Sports Live Extra, 10 p.m.-midnight ET), a team competition in reality but a showcase for Biles in spirit and — she hopes — a springboard to Olympic gold.