A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top and setting records with her eighth U.S. title win.
Some of the best gymnasts in history are heading to the Bay Area to compete in the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships.The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy.Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones.
"I don't think about numbers," Biles said. "I think about my performance. And I think overall, I hit 8 for 8. I guess it's a lucky number this year." Biles isn't interested in that. Never has been. She finds repetition boring. She insists this time she's doing it "for herself" and her markedly different approach to her job offers tangible proof she's not lying.Rather than let the world into her journey as she eyes a third Olympics, she's kept most of her training under wraps, more interested in sharing glimpses of her life far away from the gym.
Age hasn't caught up to her yet, though she played it relatively safe - by her standards - on Sunday. She tweaked her right ankle in training on Saturday, leading her to opt out of doing the Yurchenko double pike vault that she nailed almost flawlessly during the opening night of the competition on Friday.
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