In 2017, American gymnast Simone Biles shared her motivation behind participating in the celebrity dance reality show, Dancing With The Stars, Season 24. That year, the 11-time Olympic medalist took a break from her soaring gymnastics career. Biles had bagged five medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016. Her intent to compete in the reality show afterward was profoundly focused on showing her “normal” side to her fans.Simone Biles, one of the most decorated female Olympic gymnasts in the US, has proved her mettle at every championship. She has had the opportunity to compete in three Olympic games, in which she has bagged 11 medals – 7 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. At her debut performance at the Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Biles impressed the world by bagging 4 gold medals in team, all-around, floor exercise, and vault and 1 bronze medal in balance beam.After her spectacular breakthrough at the Olympics, Simone Biles took a break from gymnastics. She decided to explore other productive fields, with dance being one on her list. Hence, the gymnast entered the 24th installment of the DWTS in 2017.During her time there, Simone Biles explained her intent behind participating in the popular dance reality show. In an interview with The Washington Post, the gymnast said that besides wanting to try something new, she wanted the world to know she was “normal.”Biles further said that people “always see me in the gym,” she continued, “but they only ever see me at my best, not whenever I’m frustrated, crying, trying to learn something. So they think I’m perfect, but no one is.”Biles partnered with Sasha Farber, an Australian-American dancer on DWTS. Despite having a series of outstanding performances at the show, the duo ended in fourth place. She was not the first gymnast to participate in a dance reality show. Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, and Nastia Liukin had competed on the show in the previous seasons.
