as a lifetime gymnastics coach who has coached at every level from beginners to elite i can tell you that any comparison here of men and women's gymnastics is invalid. unlike sports like tennis and track, male and female gymnastics differ to such a degree that they are more different than alike. women have 4 events and men have 6, the only common events are vault and floor with floor having the significant difference that the women do a routine to music, the men do not and that engenders differences not readily apparent to non-gymnasts. women have to learn two sets of skills for floor, tumbling skills and dance skills, some of which are quite difficult and dangerous. i witnessed a young lady blow out the medial collaterals on both knees doing a straddle jump, a seemingly elementary skill. in other words, floor is two events for women, one for men. and women's gymnastics is a jumping sport, three events centered on leg strength, men's gymnastics is an upper body strength centered sport, 4 events with no leg support, all upper body strength. that being said, simone is so beyond the rest of the field that she would give some guys a real run for their money in pure tumbling and vault, and her endurance on floor would whip many men due to all the non stop movement in her routine to get all the dance and tumbling in, men get some rest between passes. i can tell you that all the male gymnasts have unending respect for her and would not want to meet her in a dark ally at night, if you know what i mean and i think you do. that girl can whip some you know what. pardon the lack of caps, keyboard issues....