As the coaches of Olympic GOAT Simone Biles, Cecile and Laurent Landi are some of the world’s most well-known gymnastics figures. So why were the Landis at the pool last weekend, while Simone warmed up for the competition?
“We had to miss practice today with the team,” Cecile said from her daughter’s event on Saturday, per the Post. “The other coaches got it, though. The girls got it. Everyone understood.”
All three of the Landis are obviously quite busy, but they’ve made time to get lunch in the Olympic Village and snap some cute photos together, according to the outlet.
Cecile herself also competed in the Olympics as a gymnast for France in 1996. Both Cecile and Laurent were born in France but moved to the United States, where Juliette was born in Oklahoma.
The whole family then moved to Texas, where the Landis train athletes at a gym owned by Simone’s parents. Fellow Team USA member Jordan Chiles is also based there.
Juliette began her athletic career as a gymnast, too, training on the trampoline before moving on to synchronized swimming. During her event on July 27, Juliette and her partner Nais Gillet (also a former gymnast), did backward 1½ somersaults with half-twists, all as Juliette’s parents watched from the stand
