Biles clinched an automatic spot on the five-woman U.S. team by breezing to victory at the Olympic trials.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two weeks in Japan three years ago, when the gymnastics superstar prioritized her mental health and safety over glory, a decision that inspired some and maddened others.
Perhaps no one more than Biles, who at 27 is the oldest American woman to make an Olympic gymnastics team since the 1950s. She never expected to still be doing this nearly a decade after becoming a crossover sensation at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Simone Biles takes a selfie with Suni Lee, left, Hezly Rivera , Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, right, at the United States Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis.
She hopped off the beam after failing to land her side aerial, though she wasn’t quite as frustrated as she was during a sloppy performance on Friday that left her uttering an expletive for all the world to see. She married Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens in the spring of 2023 and the two are building a house in the northern Houston suburbs they hope to move into shortly after Biles returns from Paris.
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