SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR 2018

Simone Biles, four-time Olympic champion, continued her record setting ways at the 2018 World Championships by winning her fourth career world championship with a record-setting margin of victory, almost 2 full points, since the open-ended scoring system was put into place.

Biles 13 overall World Championship gold medals are the most by any gymnast, male or female, and she became the first female gymnast to win four all-around world titles.

Biles won six medals in total at the 2018 competition, bringing her total haul to 20, which ties her with Svetlana Khorkina of Russia for the most total medals by a female gymnast.

Watch Simone Biles favorite event, floor exercise, at the 2018 World Championship in Qatar here.

#3 Keeping the pressure on USA Gymnastics.  While Larry Nassar was sentenced on January 24, 2018, the gymnasts and their supporters have kept the pressure on for broader reforms and accountability within gymnastics and the broader Olympic and National Competition arena.  In January 2018, USA Gymnastics' entire Board of Directors resigned, President and CEO Kerry Perry resigned in September, followed by Interim CEO and President Mary Bono resigning in October.  In November, the USOC announced that it was starting the process to decertify USAG as the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. And in December, USAG announced it was filing bankruptcy as the lawsuits continue to mount and distribution of insurance money needs to be decided.  The athletes will continue to be the voice for generations to come.  A key message is ensure discussions between parents and guardians and their children go beyond "Stranger Danger" and also address that those individuals known to the family must protect the child and that any feelings of uncomfortableness should be address with safe parents and guardians.  Watch Aly Raisman's speech at Nassar's sentencing.