The legendary gymnast is now the youngest-ever recipient of the high presidential honor, which recognizes “exemplary contributions” to U.S. societySimone Biles Honored With Presidential Medal of Freedom U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Simone Biles, Olympic gold medal gymnast and mental health advocate, during a ceremony in the East Room…
Superstar gymnast Simone Biles defended her decision to withdraw from Olympic competitions on her Instagram story on Thursday night, explaining that she is still struggling from what is known as the “twisties,” and isn’t sure if she will be able to compete in individual competitions scheduled for next week. This week, Biles pulled out of…
Piers Morgan received backlash for his comments after Simone Biles exit at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Controversial British commentator Piers Morgan made a public apology… What did Piers Morgan say about Simone Biles?Morgan posted his apology after Biles led Team USA to an Olympic victory, earning a total score of 171.296, leaving Italy and…
PARIS — Shaking my notebook up and down and seeing what falls out as the Olympics reach the halfway point … ▪ After winning a gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around on Thursday, Simone Biles took a moment to strut when she walked into her post-meet press conference wearing a diamond-studded goat pendant, a…
Olympics viewers had nothing but respect for Simone Biles and her top rival Rebeca Andrade after the pair embraced during the vault finals. Biles narrowly edged out the Brazilian athlete with a score of 15.3, which earned her another gold medal. 25-year-old Andrade took home silver with a score of 14.9. ‘The respect rebeca and…
Olympic gymnastics highlights: Simone Biles wins vault gold as USA earns three medals PARIS — Simone Biles has captured another gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, this one in the women’s vault final on Saturday. It’s her third gold medal of these Games, after leading the U.S. to gold in the team final and…
setting an example in normalising the importance of emotion in elite gymnastics X By Aditi Gandhi Published: 8 July 2021 6:07 PM Tough. Strong. Faultless.These words are often synonymous with world class athletes around the globe. The almost super-human abilities and talent that top notch athletes possess combined with their extraordinary capability to perform under…
The gymnast opened up in the latest installment of “Simone vs Herself.” In honor of Simone Biles’ 23rd birthday, we compiled some of our favorite moments from the gymnast.Simone Biles opened up about the depression she suffered after being sexually abused. In the latest installment of the Facebook Watch docuseries “Simone vs Herself,” Biles said…
When Simone Biles began withdrawing from Olympic competitions, many wondered what was going on. She later revealed she’s dealing with an acute condition that affects elite gymnasts known as “the twisties.” Essentially, this means that when Biles is twisting in the air, she’s losing track of where she is, making it nearly impossible for her…
Simone Biles during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake… Simone Biles recently got emotional about her experience at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on The Today Show—in fact, she says she’s “still scared” to do gymnastics. As you may remember, Biles removed herself from the gymnastics…