Gymnastics legend Dominique Dawes is keepin' it real ... telling TMZ Sports Simone Biles would've SMOKED her in competition -- even during her prime!!
"I remember when I was maybe fooling around in the gym once with one of the National Team coaches and he wanted me to try a double," Dawes said."And, I was like, 'Not going to happen.'"
Dawes added,"Like, it was unheard of, even with a free-foam pit I was unwilling to do it. And yet, she’s doing it almost to perfection, and doing it on a hard landing and even over-rotating it." Dawes tells us she believes Biles will be"on top of that podium" in this year's Olympics ... beating all types of records -- including her own!"But, again I can’t stress the importance of how much I admire her, not for just being an athlete but for her being a spokesperson and activist and recognizing that there’s a lot of changes that need to be made in the sport of gymnastics."We also asked Awesome Dawesome what she's been doing since retiring in 2000 ...
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