Cover star, gymnastics icon, pioneer: the unrivaled Simone Biles

Gymnastics fans as well as competition opponents look forward to the team qualification in the all-around competition with curiosity and anticipation. The entire focus is on Simone Biles, who has to take part in the afternoon with her fellow competitors. “Podium training finished – feeling pretty good,” the 24-year-old announced on social media.

The exceptional gymnast won four gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Since then she has been the undisputed star of the scene. Before Tokyo she was on the cover of Health magazine and Wall Street Journal to see. The Texan is not afraid to show off in eye-catching outfits. Biles and the goat And just in time for the start of the Olympics, Simone Biles even got her own emoji: a goat in a gymnastics dress doing a straddle jump and with a gold medal around its neck. The goat is a reference to the goat head that Biles has been wearing on her leotards for quite some time. It symbolizes the English word Goat – but GOAT is also an abbreviation for “Greatest Of All Times”.

Simone Biles only returned to the gymnastics stage at the end of May after a 587-day break from competition - and with a jump that no woman had ever shown before. The 24-year-old was the first to stand, bending over a Yurchenko with a double back somersault. “I think Simone is not a benchmark for us. What she does is somehow a bit inhumane, in my opinion. In any case, she has my huge respect,” said a competitor recently.

The US gymnast is only 1,42 meters tall, but everyone looks up to her. What makes her special is her story: in 2018, two years after her rise to superstardom, she made it public that she had been sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar. “I’m no longer afraid to tell my story,” she said at the time. Biles feels abandoned Biles is the only active gymnast affected by the abuse scandal at Béla and Martha Károlyi's training center. The issue is still not closed for them. “Oh, it's far from over,” she said in a recent interview on the US television program 60 Minutes CBS said. There are still many unanswered questions. “Who knew what and when?” she asked. In their opinion, the USA Gymnastics Association and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee have not done enough to raise awareness. She feels “one hundred percent” that she has been let down. These days, Biles wants to concentrate fully on the games.

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Cover star, gymnastics icon, pioneer: the unrivaled Simone Biles

Cover star, gymnastics icon and “no benchmark” for her competitors: Simone Biles’ expected big show begins on Sunday (15.30:XNUMX p.m. CEST).

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