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Alex Rodriguez is enjoying the holidays with his daughters and girlfriend Jaclyn Cordeiro. Despite his controversial personal and professional life, A-Rod has always been a doting father to his daughters. Recently, all of them went on vacation. And the former Yankee, along with his daughters, paid a surprise visit to the top college where Gymnastics champion Simone Biles almost went.

A-Rod’s recent visit to the University of California, Los Angeles, recalled the university’s link to the Olympic champion Simone Biles. The Olympian has a history with the gymnastics department at the top college in Los Angeles.

How did Alex Rodriguez rejuvenate the story of Olympic champion Simone Biles?

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The Yankees icon posted a picture of his vacation on his Instagram story. Which showed their visit to the University of California, Los Angeles. The picture that he posted on his Instagram story had him, his daughters, and a member of the UCLA gymnastics department. The family’s visit to UCLA rejuvenated the Gymnastics champion’s story of having a chance at a normal life.

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Being a top athlete means there is less chance of having an ordinary life. Even with all the perks, sometimes an athlete has to choose between a chance to enjoy that ordinary lifestyle or focus on the career. Olympian Simone Biles was once put into a dilemma when she had to choose between college and fulfilling her gymnastics dream.

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Notably, she gave up on the former. And then went ahead with the online college to complete her degree. Not choosing UCLA was not an easy decision. But she had to do it for her dream. She was getting torn because of her busy schedule dancing around trying to be in a regular college, all while fulfilling her gymnastics dream.

Biles became the youngest person to achieve the highest honor by a civilian

The year 2022 is about to end. But for the Olympics champion, this year had a great memory associated with it. She has done and achieved a lot in her career till at just 25. For her incredible journey, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on July 7, earlier this year.

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POTUS Joe Biden himself presented the said award to Biles. He did so in a ceremony at the White House. Soon as she got the award, she became the youngest person ever to achieve an honor of this high regard.