In the latter, she is replaced by MyKayla Skinner, who appeared to end her 2020 Tokyo Olympics journey days earlier when she failed to qualify for individual finals. 19/19 LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images Aug. 1: Another Withdrawal After pulling out of her fifth event, the floor ...
Beyond her athletic prowess, Biles has become a beacon of inspiration. Her ordeal during the Tokyo Olympics where the "twisties" jeopardized her sense of spatial awareness, shed light on the mental health struggles of elite athletes. By withdrawing from multiple events in Tokyo, she made it acce...
"Everybody goes through that process differently... You have courage, you can come out on top," Biles shares in part two of our exclusive interview. The American became an instant mental health advocate when she withdrew from artistic gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympi...
USA's Simone Biles looks on during the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 27, 2021.LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, after a tough start in qualifiers, Bilesshared on Instagramthat the pressur...
In Tokyo, Biles will likely be the Games’ biggest star. She’s favoured to repeat her Rio performance of four gold medals, with a fifth, which would match her performance at October’s World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, a real possibility. ...
The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early August, her first event since the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. USA Gymnastics announced Wednesday that Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist and the 2016 Olympic ...
Simone Biles triumphant return for the 2024 Paris Olympics was glorious— and, she says, even more so after she withdrew herself from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. How to Watch Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC weeknights at 11:35/10:35c and ...
#SimoneBiles That's it. That's the tweet.#Olympics#Tokyo2020#StrongerTogetherpic.twitter.com/m9NExeLU61 — FIG (@gymnastics)August 3, 2021 Biles remained in second until the final gymnast of the night, Guan Chenchen of China, mounted the beam. The 16-year-old topp...
Biles' teammate Sunisa Lee, the 2020 Olympic all-around champion, claimed the bronze medal. She had been looking to become the first woman in 56 years to defend the title, but, after dealing with multiple career-jeopardizing kidney diseases since Tokyo, she seemed more than pleased to simply...
In an Olympics.com exclusive interview, the seven-time Olympic medallist says, "It wasn't my goal. It's not what I really wanted."