The same descriptors could be used for Biles, the 24-year-old, whose 32 world and Olympicgymnasticsmedals ties her with Soviet greatLarisa Latyninafor second all-time. OnlyVitaly Scherbo,with 33 total medals, has more. Biles on tour
Simone Biles: Why it is ok not to be ok Simone Biles pulled out of the team competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to focus on her mental health. A powerful move that sparked a global conversation about the topic. The four-time Olympic champion was applauded for her cour...
2021 because of thecoronavirus pandemic-- would have meant more than just gold medals. It also would have been a reminder that the world's greatest gymnast came from a system that failed her and so many others -- and of the work Biles is still doing to demand that the system be held ...
With the conclusion of the 2024 Olympic Games, Simone Biles returns home after leading the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team to victory and winning four medals (three gold and one silver) including the gold medal in the individual all-aroundcompetition. In doing so, she completed he...
Having recently seen Biles perform in person for the first time, and perhaps having seen a few gold medals lying around the house, he now has a good idea. He even adorably called her“my lil champ.”While “lil” might be misconstrued as pejorative, Owens is 5-foot-11 and towers over...
The renewed debate signaled that the culture of women’s gymnastics had changed dramatically in the last 27 years. First, there’s the unprecedented dominance of the United States women’s team. Since 1996, they’ve earned an astonishing seven consecutive team medals at the Olympic Game...
Biles also earned a bronze medal in beam at the 2016 Rio Games. With the newest addition to her hardware collection, she ties Shannon Miller as the most decorated Olympian in American gymnastics history. While each gymnast has seven medals to her name, Biles has more go...
Though it was not the Tokyo Games anyone expected for Biles, the 24-year-old says she's heading home happy. "Leaving Tokyo with 2 more Olympic medals to add to my collection isn't too shabby!" she posted on Instagram Wednesday (4 August). ...
Biles, now 27, began gymnastics at the age of six. Eleven Olympic and30 World Championshipmedals later, if there’s one thing the most decorated gymnast of all time could tell her younger self, Biles said, it would be to “ask for help.” ...
But the GOAT doesn’t need more medals. She already has four Olympic golds and 19 world championship titles. As the only survivor ofLarry Nassar’s sexual abuseto compete in these Olympics, “I had to come back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen,” Biles told NBC’s ...