Bismack Biyombo: Competing with Himself

Growing up in the Congo, 21-year-old Charlotte Bobcats center Bismack Biyombo lifted. But he admits he didn’t know what he was doing. “I (would) just go to YouTube and find whatever, ya know,“ says the 6-foot-9 athlete, laughing. When he arrived in the U.S., he searched for a place to build his physicality. That’s when he found Josh Elmore, owner of CrossFit Eternal in North Carolina. “When I started, I didn’t have any balance. I couldn’t do a squat,“ Biyombo explains. Today, he’