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Simone Biles shares behind-the-scenes snaps of her downtime in Paris before jetting back to the US to reunite with Jonathan Owens

Simone Biles gave fans a peek inside her downtime in Paris, where she brought home an impressive medal haul at the 2024 Olympics. Simone Biles gave fans a peek inside her downtime in Paris, after the Olympic Games 'From paris with love,' Biles captioned a series of Instagram snaps this week Biles also looked gleeful as she struck a pose …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Last dance in Paris

China Daily

Gold medallist Simone Biles of United States celebrates on the podium with her medal during the victory ceremony of the women's vault at Bercy Arena, Paris, France on August 3, 2024. The Paris Games were billed as the "redemption tour", after Biles famously suffered from the debilitating "twisties" in Tokyo and crashed out. Now 27, she appeared fatigued on her …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics day six: Andy Murray’s career comes to end and rowers earn three medals

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

USA’s Simone Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold

The Hindu

Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris. Biles, who famously withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the disorientating "twisties", followed up her team gold with the United States earlier this week. She scored 59.131 points to finish 1.199 …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles updates feud status with former Olympic teammate in cheeky post: ‘Oop I’ve been blocked’

Hindustan Times

These days, the easiest way out of a conversation or escape being held accountable for your words seems to be the little ‘Block’ button on social media. That is precisely what former American Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner did when the sport's GOAT Simone Biles' barbed response to her previous unwarranted critical remarks presumably stung her as one would've imagined. US' …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics women’s gymnastics: Team USA’s gold medal left one question nagging at me.

Slate

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. It was, after all, on vault in the Tokyo team finals when something made Biles’ brain snap out of sync with her body: the dreaded “twisties,” gymnastics’ version of vertigo. There would be no GOAT emergency, and with the team’s star intact, it was no longer a matter of if the U.S. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

What are the twisties? The condition that threw Simone Biles off at Tokyo Olympics

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Team USA women's gymnastics earns gold medal in team competition

Salon

The women of Team USA's gymnastics team have struck gold in Paris. On Tuesday, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera won the artistic all-around event at the Summer Olympics, reclaiming the gold after a silver-medal performance at the Tokyo Games in 2021. The win marks 27-year-old standout Simone Biles' eighth gold medal, meaning she has …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The Dream Team, Simone Biles, and Canadian soccer drones on Hang Up and Listen.

Slate

Joel Anderson, Morgan Campbell, and Stefan Fatsis discuss the Dream Team’s opening-game win at the Paris Olympics—and South Sudan’s, too. Gymnastics writer Rebecca Schuman assesses whether a calf injury might derail Simone Biles’ quest for redemption after dropping out of the last Games with the “twisties.” Finally, the Games’ first scandal: mild-mannered Canada’s soccer Spygate. In Slate, Rebecca Schuman previewed …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles’s Olympic return is an inspiration

The Independent

It was heartening to see Olympic gymnast Simone Biles make her return to this year’s games after being thrown off at the Tokyo Olympics due to a case of the “twisties”. Despite its amusing name, the twisties refers to a psychological condition similar to the “yips”, or even writer’s block, where a person who usually is proficient in a particular …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Olivia Dunne shares message for Simone Biles ahead of Olympic 'revenge tour' in Paris

Daily Mail

Olivia Dunne will be rooting for the 'GOAT' Simone Biles when she steps out on the mat at the Paris Olympics. What happened in 2020 was a freak thing and I think that she is out for revenge,' Dunne told Sports Illustrated on the red carpet at the ESPY Awards last week. Olivia Dunne gushed over seven-time Olympic medalist Simone …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

"It was so, so brave": Simone Biles' doc director on the gymnast pulling out of Tokyo Olympics

Salon

It's not the word you would expect to be associated with one of the greatest athletes of all time. After suffering from a bout of "the twisties" — a disorienting sensation in which one's brain and body don't align during a mid-air move — during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Simone Biles, the most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles reveals 'weekly therapy' has helped her regain confidence for the Olympics after getting the 'twisties' in Tokyo

Daily Mail

Simone Biles will be under a huge spotlight as she represents Team USA for a third time later this month at the Paris Olympics. Those therapy sessions have helped Biles regain her confidence after getting the 'twisties' in Tokyo. Biles withdrew from the team all-around competition at the last Olympics due to the 'twisties', a state of mind where gymnasts …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles addresses 'traumas and downfalls' after suffering the 'twisties' in Tokyo ahead of return to Olympic Games for Team USA

Daily Mail

Before Simone Biles can throw herself into the Olympics arena for a third time, she rewound to address her 'traumas and downfalls' as part of her upcoming Netflix documentary. The four-part series entitled 'Simone Biles Rising' will have its first part, which includes two episodes, debut on Netflix on July 17. Simone Biles details why she got her 'And still …

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6 months ago

Simone Biles’ redemption song continues to silence Tokyo demons

The Hindu

For a generation, Simone Biles has defined gymnastics. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Biles — regarded by then as one of the best of all time — had a bout of the disorienting ‘twisties’. At the World Championships last year, she increased her World and Olympics medal tally to 37, making her the most decorated gymnast ever — male …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles wins ninth national all-around title, sweeps event titles at U.S. Gymnastics Championships

New York Times

FORT WORTH, Texas — What do you get for the nine-time national all-around champion who has everything? Amidst her historic night, Biles found time to boost up a fellow Olympic all-around champion after Suni Lee opened the night with a fall on vault. Lee competed a double-twisting vault Friday and warmed it up Sunday but didn’t get enough height off …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Fans turn on Robert Irwin's extremely cringey Twisties ad with G Flip: 'Children are starving in Gaza and this is what you're doing?'

Daily Mail

Robert Irwin and G Flip have joined forces for the latest Twisties campaign, but not everybody is happy about it. The pair star in a new ad allowing snack fans to vote for their favourite Twisties flavour: Chicken or Cheese In the cringeworthy clip, Robert advocates for the chicken flavour while G Flip guns for cheese But the lighthearted clip …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles thought ‘the world is going to hate me’ after experiencing the twisties at the Tokyo Olympics

CNN

CNN — Simone Biles has revealed that she thought “the world is going to hate me” after withdrawing from the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Gold or bust – don’t come back.’” Biles is set to compete at the Paris Olympics later this year. She returned to the sport last year and became the most decorated male or …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Simone Biles returns to World Championship in Antwerp

The Hindu

Freed from her “twisties”, gymnastics superstar Simone Biles returns to the global stage at the world championships, which start in Antwerp on Saturday, with the 2024 Paris Olympics in her sights after a two-year break to treat her mental health. “It feels surreal, it’s like full circle because obviously, the world championships was here 10 years ago, which was my …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Simone Biles targets Paris Olympics 2024

The Hindu

With her comeback gaining steam, US gymnastics great Simone Biles said Thursday she would “love” to chase more gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “That’s the path that I would love to go,” Biles said in an interview on NBC’s Today show, the first time since her return from a two-year hiatus that she confirmed the Paris Games were in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Brilliant Biles quashes comeback doubts as Paris beckons

China Daily

Simone Biles dazzled in her comeback to gymnastics at last weekend's US Classic in Illinois. Many gymnastics fans were initially unsure of what to expect from Simone Biles' comeback, especially following her traumatic episode of the "twisties" at the last Olympics. Biles' 59.1 all-around total in Saturday's meet bested second place by a huge five points, the equivalent of five …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How Simone Biles came all the way back for another shot at the Olympics

New York Times

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Seven young gymnasts sat in the first row of the arena’s second level, gazing down at the elite senior women going through practice on the day before competition night. “WELCOME BACK SIMONE” “THE GOAT IS BACK” “What shocks me the most is, everyone’s so supportive,” Biles said Saturday night after winning the U.S. Classic. Biles added: …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from ‘the twisties.’ Not every gymnast does

Associated Press

For years in gymnastics, the phrase “the twisties” was usually uttered in hushed tones, as if saying the slang term for an athlete’s sudden loss of air awareness during a routine would only deepen the problem. “When someone says ‘the twisties,’ everyone shudders because it’s bad.” Then Simone Biles said it in front of the whole world two summers ago …

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Simone Biles shares behind-the-scenes snaps of her downtime in Paris before jetting back to the US to reunite with Jonathan Owens

Last dance in Paris

Olympics day six: Andy Murray’s career comes to end and rowers earn three medals

USA’s Simone Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?

Simone Biles updates feud status with former Olympic teammate in cheeky post: ‘Oop I’ve been blocked’

Olympics women’s gymnastics: Team USA’s gold medal left one question nagging at me.

What are the twisties? The condition that threw Simone Biles off at Tokyo Olympics

Team USA women's gymnastics earns gold medal in team competition

The Dream Team, Simone Biles, and Canadian soccer drones on Hang Up and Listen.

Simone Biles’s Olympic return is an inspiration

Olivia Dunne shares message for Simone Biles ahead of Olympic 'revenge tour' in Paris

"It was so, so brave": Simone Biles' doc director on the gymnast pulling out of Tokyo Olympics

Simone Biles reveals 'weekly therapy' has helped her regain confidence for the Olympics after getting the 'twisties' in Tokyo

Simone Biles addresses 'traumas and downfalls' after suffering the 'twisties' in Tokyo ahead of return to Olympic Games for Team USA

Simone Biles’ redemption song continues to silence Tokyo demons

Simone Biles wins ninth national all-around title, sweeps event titles at U.S. Gymnastics Championships

Fans turn on Robert Irwin's extremely cringey Twisties ad with G Flip: 'Children are starving in Gaza and this is what you're doing?'

Simone Biles thought ‘the world is going to hate me’ after experiencing the twisties at the Tokyo Olympics

Simone Biles returns to World Championship in Antwerp

Simone Biles targets Paris Olympics 2024

Brilliant Biles quashes comeback doubts as Paris beckons

How Simone Biles came all the way back for another shot at the Olympics

Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from ‘the twisties.’ Not every gymnast does