Gymnastics star Simone Biles revealed Tuesday that her aunt died "unexpectedly" during the Tokyo Olympic Games. Biles, who returned to competition after a week off due to mental health concerns, won a bronze medal on the balance beam on Tuesday. During a press conference afterward, the 24-...
That is the beauty and also the weight of the Olympics, a lesson Biles learned after Tokyo, when all of the glory and gold she brought to the U.S. program through the years suddenly didn’t matter to a group bent for...
"I wasn't expecting to medal," Biles told reporters after receiving bronze. "I just came out here and just tried to do a good beam set...so just to have one more opportunity to compete at the Olympics meant the world to me." (LtoR) China's Xijing Tang (silver) China's Chenchen...
TOKYO -- Gymnastics superstar and defending Olympic champion Simone Biles has withdrawn from Thursday's individual all-around competition at theTokyo Gamesto focus on her mental well-being. The decision comes a day afterBiles removed herself from the team finalfollowing...
Parade welcomes Simone Biles Back to Texas After Tokyo Olympics Simone Biles is tied with Shannon Miller as the American gymnast with the most career Olympic medals. SPRING, Texas - Hundreds of fans gathered to welcome home American gymnast Simone Biles in her home town of Spring, Texas on ...
“After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, in order to focus on her mental health. Simone will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual eve...
Simone Biles She received support from athletes from different sports over the world. The USA Gymnastics also stood by her decision to withdraw from the games. READ ALSO: ESE BRUME WINS FIRST MEDAL FOR NIGERIA AT THE OLYMPICS Biles'sperformance was excellent in theOlympic Balance Beamfinal but ...
Simone Biles' fans are finally getting to see her one and only rotation at the gymnastics team final of the Tokyo Olympics. Biles competed in just one rotation, on vault, before walking off the floor due to a "medical issue," USA Gymnastics announced on Tuesday, July 27. The four-time ...
It would be her first competition since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when she broughtworldwide attention to the mental healthstruggles of athletes. Biles, 26, was a breakout star of the 2016 Rio Olympics, striking gold in the team all-around, individual all-around, vault and floor exercise ...
“Everything that has happened, I’ve just like, ‘I’ll push it down, shove it down, wait until my career’s done, go fix it,” she says in the series. “Then something like this happens — and unfortunately, to me, it happened at the Olympics.” ...