Morning Distribution for Tuesday, April 7, 2020

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Tuesday, April 7, 2020 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [Day 10 – 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships]( [The Olympics Timeline Has Been Cruel To Simone Biles]( By [Neil Paine]( Simone Biles is the [most decorated American gymnast]( ever and probably the [most dominant active athlete]( in the world. Last October, she [won her fifth all-around title]( at the World Championships, part of a five-medal blitz that brought her career total of [gold medals at the Worlds]( to 19 — more than double the total of any other female gymnast in history. This summer, she was [set to continue that run]( at the Olympics in Tokyo … until the coronavirus [changed the entire landscape of sports](. With the Olympics now [postponed until 2021]( Biles continues to train but [hasn’t officially committed]( to competing, [citing the mental strain]( of focusing on peak performance for 15 more months — along with her [ongoing frustrations]( with how USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, addressed the abuse she and many fellow athletes suffered at the hands of former team physician Larry Nassar. Biles [would be favored]( to win many gold medals no matter when the Olympics were held; she hasn’t lost an all-around competition she entered [since 2013](. But she will also be 24 next summer, which is [practically ancient]( for a gymnast. Because of her age — and the Olympics schedule during her career — we might only ever see Biles compete in one Summer Games. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Latest Data How popular is Donald Trump? [How popular is Donald Trump?]( Who will win the 2020 Democratic primary? [Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Primary?]( Who’s ahead in the national polls? [Who’s ahead in the national polls?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Wisconsin’s Election Is A Mess]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.