USA Today · Aug 20, 2016
Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps lead 2016 Olympic power rankings
Trying to figure out who is the more important Olympian is like trying to figure out if tacos or cheeseburgers are better. Completely unnecessary because they’re both transcendent in their own right.
(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)2. Simone Biles
Winning four gold medals, she cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all time.
(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)3. Katie Ledecky
She’s just 19, but already has a total of five gold medals for her career.
(AFP PHOTO / Martin BERNETTIMARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)4. Ashton Eaton
Winning the decathlon is hard enough, but doing it twice in a row is Herculean.
(Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)5. U.S. women’s basketball