Simone Biles Soars to AP Female Athlete of the Year

United States' Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 9, 2016. Briles was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, on Dec. 26, 2016. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File

Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different?

The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam still a four-inch wide test of nerves.

Simone Biles displays her gold medal for floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell