Not solely did Team USA win gold within the 2024 Olympic gymnastics closing, however Simone Biles made historical past by changing into probably the most embellished Olympian in U.S. gymnastics historical past.

The 27-year-old athlete has been part of the Olympic Games since her debut on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the place she skyrocketed to fame by taking house the gold at simply 19 years previous. Simone’s title because the ‘greatest gymnast of all time’ is well-earned. Over her profession, she has accrued 5 gold medals, one silver, and two bronze, making a complete of eight Olympic medals.

Despite going through a leg damage in the course of the 2024 video games, Simone didn’t let that cease her from main her group to victory, marking their group because the fourth-ever USA ladies’s gymnastics group to earn gold. This triumph comes as a part of her comeback story after withdrawing from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics resulting from affected by the ‘twisties.’

The All-Star champion has needed to overcome her personal challenges and now reigns as the best gymnast of all time. The three-time Olympian even has signature strikes named after her: The Biles (flooring, vault, beam) and The Biles II (flooring and vault).

According to ABC News, former Olympian Dominique Dawes commented on the problem of Simone’s strikes, “Many people aren’t even attempting to do them because they’re such high difficulty, high risk maneuvers, and she does them with complete ease and effort… It’s amazing to watch what she’s doing. And she does it with a smile on her face.”

Dawes additional expressed, “It really is Simone versus herself… That’s really what makes her one of the greatest of all time. Back then they used to cap our scores. And so now with this new scoring system, the sky is the limit for athletes like Simone, who’s very talented. And so if she does a higher, difficult maneuver on any of the different pieces of apparatus, she’ll actually get credit for it.”

Through all of the bodily challenges she has confronted, from accidents to the ‘twisties,’ nothing has stopped Simone from excelling in her profession. As she said in the course of the 2024  Olympics, “I don’t focus on stats, I focus on routines and going out there competing and seeing how comfortable and confident I feel.”