Fans of the Olympics find a new star. And Laurie Hernadez is not even competing this time

PARIS (AP) — Laurie Hernandez pauses briefly and taps her head.

“There’s a lot going on in here,” the two-time Olympic gymnastics medalist turned TV analyst said with a laugh. “There’s a lot of chatter.”

Yes, there is.

And whatever gets through the filter — which, to be clear, is most of it — has helped make the 24-year-old’s foray into commentating a hit with both TV viewers and those like Hernandez who are perennially online.

Eight years ago in Rio de Janeiro, she...