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Simone Biles of Team United States competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Her arms are up in the air, and she is smiling.

Olympics

Simone Biles’s Greatness Is About More Than Medals

Simone Biles holds up her gold medal in vault at the 2024 Olympics

Simone Biles Gets Another Olympic Gold With Her Historic Vault

In Paris, Simone Biles Made Everyone Stand Up And Take Notice

Team USA pose for a photo during the women's gymnastics at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France on July 28, 2024.

Team USA Had To Find Its Steel In Order To Reclaim Its Gold

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles competes in the balance beam event during the Core Hydration Classic at XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 18, 2024.

Gymnastics

Simone Biles Somehow Looks Even Better

Simone Biles of Team United States walks out ahead of the Women's Vault Final on Day Eight of the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Antwerp Sportpaleis on October 07, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Reign Of Simone Biles Continues

Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise on day four of the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships at SAP Center on August 27, 2023 in San Jose, California.

The Simone Biles Comeback Continues At Full Speed

Simone Biles smiling after she competes on the balance beam during the Core Hydration Classic at Now Arena on August 05, 2023 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Simone Biles Is Using A Spotter For Her Vault, And That’s A Good Thing

Simone Biles celebrates with her coach Laurent Landi after competing on the vault at the Core Hydration Classic at Now Arena on August 05, 2023 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Simone Biles Is Having Fun Again

Gymnast Simone Biles of Team United States flips through the air as performs her dismount during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Women's Gymnastics Balance Beam Final at Ariake Gymnastics Center on Tuesday, August 3, 2021

A Brief Investigation Into Whether Brady Quinn Broke The Simone Biles News

U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman are sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of U.S. gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Congress Has Little More Than Apologies For Larry Nassar’s Victims

Kalyn Kahler

Simone Biles Won A Medal For Herself

What It Feels Like To Have The Twisties

Simone Biles Withdrew And Team USA Rallied for Silver

<p>Dvora Meyers is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes about gymnastics and other topics in her newsletter, <a href="https://dvora.substack.com/">Unorthodox Gymnastics.</a></p>


Dvora Meyers

Tenths Do Matter, Even When You’ve Got Simone Biles

NBC’s Gymnastics Broadcast Didn’t Tell The Whole Story

Simone Biles after landing a Yurchenko double pike dismount at the GK U.S. Classic.

Women’s Gymnastics Is Blasting Into The Future, But Its Scoring Code Is Stuck In The Past

GOAT To Go For Gold Without Goldie The Goat

The Draw Of Simone Biles

Simone Biles does the Yurchenko double pike while competing on the vault during the 2021 GK U.S. Classic gymnastics competition at the Indiana Convention Center on May 22, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Biles became the first woman in history to land the Yurchenko double pike in competition.

Simone Biles