Simone Biles has a shot at history at the Olympics while defending champion Russia stays home
6 months ago

Simone Biles has a shot at history at the Olympics while defending champion Russia stays home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team don’t need to be reminded of what happened in Tokyo three years ago. Biles, reigning Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 2020 floor exercise champion Jade Carey were all there inside a nearly empty and oddly silent Ariake Gymnastics Centre during a memorable two weeks that altered the course of each of their careers and in ways both big and small led them back to the Games. “I think we really want a team gold,” said Lee, who overcame multiple kidney-related health issues to finish second behind Biles at the U.S. Olympic trials. “So let’s go.” A rivalry renewed Like their female teammates, the Russian men are also out of the mix to defend the Olympic title they won in a taut final three years ago.

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Simone Biles says competing at Olympics in 2028 would be ‘greedy’
1 week ago

Simone Biles says competing at Olympics in 2028 would be ‘greedy’

CNN  

CNN — It’s the question that keeps being asked, but one that is yet to have a definitive answer. Simone Biles’ participation at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is one that has triggered much debate, but the American is yet to make a concrete decision. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Biles explained there is a lot …

Simone Biles' Post-Olympic Tour: A Show for the Men's Gymnastics World
3 months ago

Simone Biles' Post-Olympic Tour: A Show for the Men's Gymnastics World

Associated Press  

The Simone Biles post-Olympic Tour has brought top American men's gymnasts onto the stage, showcasing a different side of the sport. The co-ed nature of the show has given the show a different energy than the first, which was entirely female-centric. The 20-year-old Richard's long-term goal has always been to make men's gymnastics matter, a daunting proposition in an era …

Simone Biles shares behind-the-scenes snaps of her downtime in Paris before jetting back to the US to reunite with Jonathan Owens
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

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 …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee credits doctors and team for lifting her to Games glory
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee credits doctors and team for lifting her to Games glory

The Hindu  

Sunisa Lee thought her gymnastics career might be over when she was stricken with debilitating illness last year and credited the people close to her for the astounding recovery that sees her depart the Paris Olympics with three medals. “Having the support system definitely helped me a lot because there were times when I wanted to give up.” Lee, 21, …

Simone Biles' fall costs Olympic medal as USA set unwanted record at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months ago

Simone Biles' fall costs Olympic medal as USA set unwanted record at Paris Olympics 2024

Hindustan Times  

The women's gymnastics balance beam final saw neither Simone Biles nor Suni Lee finish on the podium at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a first for the US since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Gold medallist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates with silver medallist Simone Biles of United States and bronze medallist Jordan Chiles of United States on the podium Biles, competing …

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine
5 months ago

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won silver in the gymnastics floor routine final at the Paris Olympics on Monday, wrapping an extraordinary return to the Games with her fourth medal. Biles’ fellow U.S. competitor Jordan Chiles, who has a gold and silver medal to her name from the team competitions in Paris and Tokyo, came in third to win bronze. …

Simone Biles appears to HIT OUT at Olympics crowd after falling off beam - as teammate Suni Lee blames 'tense' atmosphere in Paris
5 months ago

Simone Biles appears to HIT OUT at Olympics crowd after falling off beam - as teammate Suni Lee blames 'tense' atmosphere in Paris

Daily Mail  

Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for 'shushing' in the middle of her balance beam routine on Monday after a rare mistake saw her miss out on a medal. Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for 'shushing' during her beam routine "I don't think we've ever seen Simone Biles fall off the beam at a major …

Simone Biles And Suni Lee Miss Out On Medals In Olympics Balance Beam Final
5 months ago

Simone Biles And Suni Lee Miss Out On Medals In Olympics Balance Beam Final

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles and Suni Lee missed out on medals in the women’s gymnastics balance beam final Monday morning. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Biles also took bronze on beam — the only event she competed in that she didn’t top. Biles opened up in the new Netflix documentary, “Simone Biles Rising,” about the traumas she worked through …

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall
5 months ago

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall

Al Jazeera  

Team USA’s Simone Biles had to settle for a disappointing silver in the floor exercise final after missing out in the balance beam. United States gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver medal, shrugging off a fall from the balance beam earlier in the day to finish runner-up to Brazil’s …

Simone Biles hints at an appearance for LA Olympic Games 2028: ‘Next Olympics is at home, so…’
5 months ago

Simone Biles hints at an appearance for LA Olympic Games 2028: ‘Next Olympics is at home, so…’

Hindustan Times  

Simone Biles has been a hot topic among haters and trolls online who kept nit-picking at her hair, husband or strength. Simone Biles hints at her return to the Olympic Games in 2028. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Biles for LA Olympic Games 2028 After defeat and being the centre of trolling in the …

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance
5 months ago

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles is not ruling out a return for the 2028 Olympics. The gymnast, who won the women’s gymnastics vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, was asked if this year’s event will mark her last time “vaulting in competition.” Biles said that it was her last time performing the vault, the Yurchenko double pike, …

Simone Biles jokes that she's getting 'really old' when asked if she will compete in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
5 months ago

Simone Biles jokes that she's getting 'really old' when asked if she will compete in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Daily Mail  

Simone Biles offered a cryptic response when asked whether Paris 2024 will be the last Olympics of her career. Clearly still at the top of her game, Biles didn't rule out the possibility of competing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Simone Biles didn't rule out the possibility of competing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles 'Never say …

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Biles pulls off stunning Yurchenko double pike to finish ahead of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and compatriot Jade Carey. Simone Biles soared to women’s vault gold with her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown. Biles, who led the United States to team gold before grabbing all-around gold, …

Simone Biles is back — as good as or even better than ever
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles is back — as good as or even better than ever

The Hindu  

Simone Biles, with two Paris Olympics gold medals and counting, has cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all time — an athlete who transcends her sport in both triumph and defeat. “I would’ve to say honestly, Simone, I feel like a lot of it has to do with you.” More than seven million Instagram followers basked in the …

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

Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. The GOAT necklace she rocked in the aftermath isn’t a coincidence, even if she maintains she’s just “Simone Biles from Spring, Texas, that loves to flip.” Maybe, but she’s also the third woman to become a two-time Olympic champion, joining Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union in 1956 and 1960 and Vera …

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won the second all-around gold medal of her Olympics career on Thursday ― but it wasn’t easy. After trailing halfway through the competition, Biles summoned her nerve and athleticism to secure gymnastics’ biggest individual prize eight years after she did it in the Rio Games. picture alliance via Getty Images The American star fell to …

Basketball and Biles: US hoops team watches Simone win yet another gold medal
5 months, 1 week ago

Basketball and Biles: US hoops team watches Simone win yet another gold medal

Associated Press  

PARIS — True to their word, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team showed up to see Simone Biles at the Paris Games. To see that athleticism, it’s insane.” Whenever Biles or Lee — the all-around champion at the Tokyo Games three years ago — completed a rotation, the U.S. basketball team had a reaction. “To see somebody your age accomplishing …

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The Independent  

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Simone Biles soars to second Olympic all-around gold medal; Suni Lee wins bronze with triumphant floor routine
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles soars to second Olympic all-around gold medal; Suni Lee wins bronze with triumphant floor routine

New York Times  

PARIS — As Brazilian fans shook their flags and chanted as if they were at a soccer game, chests puffing as the name of their star gymnast, Rebecca Andrade, flashed atop the all-around standing, the public address announcer asked, “Are you enjoying it Paris?” Simone Biles decidedly was not. A disastrous uneven bars routine — or at least disastrous by …

Simone Biles Reveals Her Olympic Team's Official Nickname, And It's So Fitting
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles Reveals Her Olympic Team's Official Nickname, And It's So Fitting

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles has unveiled the “official team name” of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. women’s gymnastics squad: the Golden Girls. okay on the real though, the official team name is ✨golden girls✨ s/o to cecile🥹🤍 — Simone Biles July 31, 2024 Biles added a shoutout “to cecile” for the name, apparently referring to her coach Cecile Landi. …

Simone Biles Throws Shade In Hilarious 6-Word Caption About Gold Medal Win
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles Throws Shade In Hilarious 6-Word Caption About Gold Medal Win

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles celebrated her victorious return to the Olympics with a not-so-subtle swipe at those who doubted her and her teammates. The iconic gymnast and the Team USA squad triumphed Tuesday in the women’s gymnastics team event, securing gold medals for Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera. From left: Jade Carey, Suni Lee, …

Simone Biles clapbacks at former teammate after winning gold medal in Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles clapbacks at former teammate after winning gold medal in Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Simone Biles made history as she led her team to victory in women’s gymnastics at the Paris Olympics 2024. Simone Biles responded to MyKayla Skinner's past comments with her gold medal victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Simone Biles apparently hit back at MyKayla Skinner The gold medalist gymnast posted several pictures on Instagram of herself and her winning squad …

Simone Biles conjures imperfect magic on way to fifth Olympic gold as USA dominate team final
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles conjures imperfect magic on way to fifth Olympic gold as USA dominate team final

The Independent  

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Paris 2024: Simone Biles puts Team USA back on top with Olympic gold
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024: Simone Biles puts Team USA back on top with Olympic gold

Hindustan Times  

“The Redemption Tour” ended in a familiar spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium. US' Simone Biles during the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. By the time Biles, the left calf that bothered her during qualifying heavily taped, stepped onto the floor for the final event — a floor exercise set to music …

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles proves she’s the G.O.A.T.
5 months, 1 week ago

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles proves she’s the G.O.A.T.

LA Times  

Welcome to your daily Olympic newsletter. Regan Smith and Katherine Berkoff earned silver and bronze in the women’s 100-meter backstroke; Bobby Finke took silver in the 800 freestyle and the U.S. was second to Britain in the men’s 800 freestyle relay. —The U.S. men’s soccer team qualified for the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years when it beat …

The Latest: Simone Biles and Team USA win women's gymnastics team gold
5 months, 1 week ago

The Latest: Simone Biles and Team USA win women's gymnastics team gold

Hindustan Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles and the U.S. women took the gold the gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, completing their ‘redemption tour’ after taking second in the 2021 Tokyo games. It’s US, Italy and China in medal position through 2 rotations Simone Biles did not try her new element on uneven bars yet delivered an excellent routine as …

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee lead USA to its first team Olympic gold in artistic gymnastics since 2016 as Americans breeze by rivals in Paris
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee lead USA to its first team Olympic gold in artistic gymnastics since 2016 as Americans breeze by rivals in Paris

Daily Mail  

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee led Team USA to its first Olympic gold in artistic gymnastics since 2016 as the Americans easily beat their rivals at the 2024 Paris Games on Tuesday. Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee and Hezly Rivera celebrate after the win Biles and teammates celebrate after team USA won the artistic gymnastics women's team …

Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles and Team USA earn ‘redemption’ by powering to Olympic gold in women’s gymnastics

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. The self-described “Redemption Tour,” the moniker given to a team filled with women who wanted to return to the Games for deeply personal reasons, ended with Biles and the Americans where they have almost always been since she …

The Latest: Simone Biles and US compete in Olympic gymnastics women's team final
5 months, 1 week ago

The Latest: Simone Biles and US compete in Olympic gymnastics women's team final

The Independent  

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Simone Biles makes history and sparks drama in show-stopping Olympics return
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles makes history and sparks drama in show-stopping Olympics return

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What to watch at Olympics today: Biles and U.S. go for gold, surfers chase waves — and medals — in Tahiti
5 months, 1 week ago

What to watch at Olympics today: Biles and U.S. go for gold, surfers chase waves — and medals — in Tahiti

New York Times  

Day 4 of the Olympics brings one of the marquee events of the Games: the women’s gymnastics team final. ET, 6:15 p.m. in Paris TV: NBC and Peacock What to watch: After winning a silver medal in Tokyo, the U.S. women’s team aims to return to the top of the podium for the first time since 2016 in Rio de …

Simone Biles, U.S. women’s gymnastics golden once again after dominant display of redemption in Olympic team final
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles, U.S. women’s gymnastics golden once again after dominant display of redemption in Olympic team final

New York Times  

PARIS — It took 6.81 seconds to erase a conversation stretching back three years and three days. On July 27, 2021, Simone Biles stood at the end of the vault runway, sprinted 25 meters, downgraded her planned vault, landed awkwardly and eventually walked off the competition floor. Biles returned to the exact place it all went off-kilter the last time, …

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

What to watch for the Paris Olympics: Simone Biles leads US in gymnastics final Tuesday, July 30
5 months, 1 week ago

What to watch for the Paris Olympics: Simone Biles leads US in gymnastics final Tuesday, July 30

Associated Press  

Simone Biles leads the U.S. women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. U.S. women start defense of 3x3 basketball title The U.S. women begin defense of their 2021 Olympic title in 3x3 basketball when the competition begins Tuesday. The last swimming final Tuesday is the men’s 4x200 free relay …

Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury

Associated Press  

PARIS — A calf injury isn’t going to slow down Simone Biles. The American gymnastics star is in the lineup for all four events during Tuesday night’s Olympic team finals. Biles will go last for the U.S. on three events — vault, floor exercise and balance beam — and will be up second on uneven bars. Jordan Chiles, who finished …

Paris Olympics: Simone Biles makes stunning return to competition
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: Simone Biles makes stunning return to competition

The Hindu  

Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on July 28, powering through left calf pain to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start. It’s OK.” Landi, who said Biles aggravated a minor injury she’d been dealing with for a couple of weeks, said there was never any question the superstar gymnast would not continue. “We’ve never …

Simone Biles is on the Olympic gymnastics competition floor in front of a star-studded crowd
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles is on the Olympic gymnastics competition floor in front of a star-studded crowd

Hindustan Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles' quest for a return to the top of the Olympic podium is officially underway. Simone Biles is on the Olympic gymnastics competition floor in front of a star-studded crowd The 27-year-old American and the five-woman U.S. gymnastics team took the floor at a packed, star-studded Bercy Arena during the second qualifying subdivision for the Paris Games …

‘Aging like fine wine.’ Simone Biles leads U.S. Olympic team defying age expectations
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Aging like fine wine.’ Simone Biles leads U.S. Olympic team defying age expectations

LA Times  

Simone Biles would like to issue a formal apology. “I feel like I’m way older ” Biles joked last month at the U.S. Olympic trials. Carey is one of three U.S. gymnasts back at the Games after competing in college, along with Auburn’s Suni Lee, 21, who was the first Olympic all-around champion to compete at the NCAA level. “The …

Simone Biles, Noah Lyles and the many faces of the Paris Olympic Games
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles, Noah Lyles and the many faces of the Paris Olympic Games

The Independent  

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Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles is back at the Olympics, and no one is telling her what to do anymore

New York Times  

One went on when she probably should have stopped. With the United States trying to break Russia’s stranglehold and simultaneously win its first gymnastics Olympic team gold medal, Béla Károlyi sent Strug off with words of encouragement spliced with an ominous tone. He told her to “shake it out.” Unsure if the U.S. had secured enough points to win the …

Cecile and Laurent Landi helped Simone Biles reach new heights. The Olympics serve as a homecoming
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cecile and Laurent Landi helped Simone Biles reach new heights. The Olympics serve as a homecoming

Associated Press  

SPRING, Texas — Cecile Canqueteau-Landi fit “in the box,” as she put it. So maybe it’s not a coincidence that when Landi and her husband, Laurent — himself a former French national team member — walk onto the floor at Bercy Arena for women’s Olympics qualifying next Sunday, they will do it while leading the oldest U.S. women’s gymnastics team …

Simone Biles has moved past Tokyo. If critics can’t, she says that’s their problem, not hers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles has moved past Tokyo. If critics can’t, she says that’s their problem, not hers

Associated Press  

Simone Biles has spent the last three years moving past the Tokyo Olympics. When one of her former Olympic teammates welcomed her first child late last year, Biles admitted she felt a pang of “that’s what I should be doing.” Only she’s not. “I’m like, ‘Can you stop being so good and fall every now and then?’” said Alicia Sacramone …

Simone Biles has a shot at history at the Olympics while defending champion Russia stays home
6 months ago

Simone Biles has a shot at history at the Olympics while defending champion Russia stays home

Associated Press  

Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team don’t need to be reminded of what happened in Tokyo three years ago. “I think we really want a team gold,” said Lee, who overcame multiple kidney-related health issues to finish second behind Biles at the U.S. Olympic trials. “So let’s go.” A rivalry renewed Like their female …

The U.S. men’s basketball team has two goals for Paris: win gold and see Simone Biles
6 months ago

The U.S. men’s basketball team has two goals for Paris: win gold and see Simone Biles

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Bam Adebayo has two primary goals to accomplish at the Paris Olympics. She’s the best.” It speaks to the power of Biles that, on an American roster with James and Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry and countless other greats from all sides of the sporting world, she’s not only the face of the U.S. Olympic Team — …

Simone Biles’ redemption song continues to silence Tokyo demons
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 …

Gymnastics Paris Olympics trials: Suni Lee’s comeback was even more amazing than Simone Biles’.
6 months, 1 week ago

Gymnastics Paris Olympics trials: Suni Lee’s comeback was even more amazing than Simone Biles’.

Slate  

For American gymnastics fans seeking a less dramatic 2024 quadrennial after the lasting trauma of the Tokyo Olympics, those hopes were summarily decimated as not one, not two, but three presumptive stars of the Paris squad went down one after another with injuries during last week’s Olympic Trials in Minneapolis. Joining the always dominant Biles—who, despite two shaky beam routines, …

Simone Biles will return to the Olympics. Here’s who else made the USA Women’s Gymnastics team
6 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles will return to the Olympics. Here’s who else made the USA Women’s Gymnastics team

Associated Press  

Simone Biles is eager for a chance to put the Tokyo Olympics firmly in her rearview mirror. Three years after she memorably pulled out of multiple finals to protect her mental health and safety — a decision that came with a backlash that still litters her social media feed — Biles headlines a U.S. women’s gymnastics team filled with familiar …

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