Simone Biles is a costumed to performing at a high level and if she has motivation, that will definitely contribute to her momentum heading into every competition, especially with the Olympics in Paris coming up soon.

She has been training hard under a strict guidance of her coach Cecile Landi. Intense hours of practice and going through many sessions and possible scenarios on which the believes she can come out with a gold medal.

However, when she has to change up the routine and if she does not do it on her own, sometimes she needs someone else to help her relax. To bolster her confidence further but also to help her change her schedule, her husband Jonathan Owens and her best friends gave her a pleasant surprise

Nobody was expecting this and she felt it

In a recent Instagram story uploaded by Simone Biles, Jonathan Owens along with her friends, were spotted wearing a custom t-shirt that had Simone’s picture and the words ‘SIMONE’ written on it to show support for her during the Core Hydration Classics.

As usual, she clinched a top spot but the fact that her husband and friends traveled to Texas in support of her and that is something she will remember forever, specially with an Olympic trip to Europe on the corner.

Simone Biles is well known for showing her support publicly for Jonathan Owens. Back in 2023, when Owens was with the Green Bay Packers, Biles turned up in person throughout the season to cheer for the Packers and now it was time to return the favor as a couple that will always show their support.

FORT WORTH, Texas – By the time Simone Biles rolled backwards onto the mat on her vault Sunday night, the error didn’t even matter. Her lead at the 2024 U.S. championships was so massive, and her eponymous vault so difficult, that her victory was already all but assured.

Biles won her record ninth all-around national title Sunday night, cruising to victory once again at Dickies Arena en route to what will surely be a third trip to the Olympic Games. Over two nights of competition, she recorded the highest score on all four events. And her all-around margin of victory – 5.9 points – was the gymnastics equivalent of a rout.

Biles, 27, will now look ahead to the U.S. Olympic trials at the end of this month – the moment when she will learn who her four teammates on Team USA will be.

“I couldn’t be more proud of how I’m doing at this time in the year,” Biles said on NBC after her win. “Just gaining that confidence over and over, getting myself back in front of a crowd and just doing what I do in practice.”

Skye Blakely, who finished second, was among several women who boosted their candidacies for Paris – displaying the combination of consistency and ability that the selection committee will be seeking as it assembles the 2024 Olympic team.

Suni Lee, the reigning all-around Olympic champion, also had a strong showing – particularly on her two best events, uneven bars and balance beam. On Sunday, she improved her scores on those two apparatuses alone by nearly a full point from Friday’s opening round. She finished fourth.

Kayla DiCello (third) and Jordan Chiles (fifth) rounded out the top five.

Skye Blakely shines at home

Blakely, 19, was perhaps the most impressive gymnast in the senior women’s competition Friday night outside of Biles. And she finished just a quarter of a point off that all-around score on Sunday.

Blakely received a thundering ovation when she stepped onto the podium alongside Biles at the end of the night, celebrating one of the biggest moments of her senior career to date in front of what amounts to a hometown crowd; Blakely resides in Frisco, Texas, just a short drive east of Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.

Suni Lee comes up big on key events

Lee had a disappointing vault to start her Sunday night, sitting down on the landing after appearing to either trip or slip in the run up. But she didn’t let it affect her − and thrived on her two most important events.

Though Lee is the reigning all-around Olympic champion, it’s her scores on balance beam and uneven bars that would be most valuable to Team USA in Paris. So it was a positive sign that Lee fared well on both events on both nights, finishing second only to Biles on beam and placing fourth on bars − even with a routine that is well short of her top-end difficulty.

Recapping Jordan Chiles’ night and wardrobe

After rocking a Beyonce-inspired leotard on Friday night, Chiles arrived on the floor Sunday wearing a white Nike trenchcoat.

A veteran of the 2021 Olympic team and close friend and training partner of Biles’, Chiles improved slightly on the second night of competition, earning a silver medal on uneven bars and placing in the top-five on vault. She’s hardly a lock to make the Paris team at this point, but she’s put herself squarely in the mix.

Shilese Jones, Kaliya Lincoln will compete at Olympic trials

FORT WORTH, Texas − Moments after competition ended Sunday night, USA Gymnastics announced that it has approved the petitions by Shilese Jones and Kaliya Lincoln to compete at the U.S. Olympic trials later this month.

Jones, who has generally been the second-best U.S. all-arounder behind Simone Biles, withdrew from the U.S. championships with a shoulder injury. Kaliya Lincoln participated in the first two rotations Friday night before bowing out.

They are expected to join Biles, runner-up Skye Blakely and at least eight others at trials, which will take place in Minneapolis starting June 27. − Tom Schad

Simone Biles wins every event, caps night with solid uneven bars routine

FORT WORTH, Texas − Winning a ninth U.S. title wasn’t enough for Simone Biles. She won every event, too.

Biles capped her night with a solid routine on uneven bars, her “weakest” event. She flitted effortlessly between the bars and worked quickly going from one skill to the next. She was a little off-center on her upgraded dismount, a double-twisting, double somersault, and needed to take a step to secure herself. But that’s a minor blemish.

She scored a 14.4 and her combined total of 29.050 over the two nights put her in first place on the event ahead of Skye Blakely.

The World Champions Centre (WCC), owned by the parents of Simone Biles, boasts a special tagline, “The World Is Yours.” This motto embodies the ethos of coach Cécile Landi and her husband, Laurent Landi. Under their guidance, WCC has become a breeding ground for world champions, nurturing talents like Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Joscelyn Roberson, and many others, shaping them into the champions of today and tomorrow.

Cécile Landi’s upcoming role as co-head coach at the University of Georgia, following her successful stint with Simone Biles at the Paris Olympics, has stirred a curiosity within the gymnastics community regarding the future of both Biles and WCC. Despite this transition, the legacy of Simone Biles in Houston appears to be in secure hands, as Coach Cecile Landi showers praise on emerging talents like a 17-year-old gymnastics prodigy, ensuring that WCC’s tradition of excellence will continue to thrive.

Cécile Landi discusses how Simone Biles and WCC’s future is promising thanks to a young prodigy

Cécile Landi, Simone Biles’ coach and the newly appointed co-head coach at the University of Georgia, recently appeared on the ‘All Things Gymnastics Podcast.’ A moment in the podcast stood out when the hosts Ashlee and Brittany Buhler discussed Dulcy Caylor’s journey and progress in gymnastics under the guidance of Cécile Landi at WCC. Caylor had an impressive junior season, where she emerged as a strong competitor, winning and making the national team.

Simone Biles has often made clear that she prefers Nellie Biles, her biological maternal grandmother, to be her ‘mom’. This has been true for Simone since she was 6 when she and her sister Adria were adopted by Nellie and her husband Ronald. However, with Jonathan Owens entering her life, Simone has doubled the relationship, keeping Jonathan’s mom, Arthurine Cannon, in the same bracket as her mother. In her Mother’s Day celebration, Simone Biles acknowledged these relationships by reminiscing about their roles in her life.

Simone resorted to IG stories, where she added a carousel of snaps displaying her bonds with Nellie and Arthurine. In the snaps, Nellie has earned the tag of Simone’s ‘girlboss’ whereas Arthurine has been quoted as the ‘best mother-in-law’. Furthermore, adding Nellie and Arthurine’s snaps from her destination marriage occasion, Simone has relished her ongoing marriage anniversary pomp in the same breath. Furthering that, in her latest IG stories, she has displayed her wedding ring as she’s ‘obsessed’ with that. Moreover, Simone has also added a panoramic view of her new Texan abode in her shared IG stories. Amid cherishing that, she has thanked both Nellie and Arthurine for their commendable roles in her life.

Being a guardian, Nellie has been behind Simone through thick and thin, irrespective of the sphere. On Simone’s marriage day as well, Nellie played her part by keeping the gymnast remembered to maintain her diet schedule. Simone acknowledged that later through her social media posts. On the other hand, for Simone, Arthurine Cannon has a distinct status being the mother of Jonathan Owens, whom Simone calls her ‘best friend for life’. Coming from foster care to winning the world on the gymnastics mat, the presence of such relations makes Simone Biles the champion she is today.

Simone Biles admires that part of her life. Over the years, she kept remembering her complicated early years. But at the same time, she acknowledged the role of Nellie Biles, who never let her feel the absence of her biological mother. On that estimate, Simone Biles has multiple reasons to thank Nellie Biles and she did that numerous times.

Simone Biles acknowledges her queens’ role in her life 

Simone Biles has a faint memory regarding her biological mother because of her shifting to foster care at the age of 3. According to different media reports, Simone’s biological mom struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, and little Simone and her siblings had undergone negligence under her. So, ultimately, foster care had come out to be an option. However, since her early days, Simone Biles has held a unique relationship with her grandma, Nellie Biles. Over the years, this relationship turned into a special bonding and it had started with her shifting to Texas to her grandparents, leaving the foster care.

In subsequent years, both Nellie and Simone’s grandpa Ronald had become Simone’s parents. Remembering Ronald’s statement on that part, the most decorated gymnast added once, “OK, you know how you called us Grandma and Grandpa? You can call us Mom and Dad now, if you want to.” That’s how Simone Biles achieved the mother’s love from her biological grandma. Eventually, she acknowledged Nellie and Ronald Biles’ role in paving the route of her gymnastic success.

It was evident when the Biles couple gifted Simone Biles the Texan gymnastics facility, The World Champions Centre for her elite preparation. In later years, Simone utilized that gymnastic facility under the tutelage of Cecile Landi and Laurent Landi and earned enviable success. Describing that part of her life, the Rio Olympic all-around champion said, “I would still be Simone Biles, probably not Simone Biles that everybody else knows, the world knows. But I also believe everything happens for a reason and I’m forever grateful for that because I definitely got a second shot at life.” While remembering Jonathan Owens’ part in her life, Simone Biles thanked him for being the friend she mostly needed.

After experiencing ‘twisties’ in the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles found solace in her then-boyfriend Jonathan Owens. In later years, the couple came closer to each other, sharing highs and lows in their relationship. Eventually, that led Simone Biles to tie the knot with the NFL star in 2023. She has still been cherishing those moments, as her latest IG stories indicate.

Simone Biles-presented Gold Over America is just months away and this time, the show promises to be bigger and better. As per the schedule, the gymnastics pomp will feature in 30 American cities this time and will add up more options to garner the interest of the audience. The list of participating gymnasts will showcase a few more fresh faces to top the interest. Among them, a former UCLA gymnast may fuel the interest fervently as she is looking to try her gymnastics cloak once again- on the stage of Gold Over America.

After retiring from competitive gymnastics in 2019, Katelyn Ohashi will retake the gymnastic mat in Gold Over America to share her takes with eager audiences. Even to express her awe at the overall presentation, the 27-year-old went to length to add a heap of praise. “Simone creating this entire tour was to create opportunities for athletes and to showcase different journeys that each one of us has taken… It encouraged me to keep living authentically to myself”, Katelyn had said. Simone Biles shared her statement with gusto, adding love emojis to her IG story. After bidding her bye to competitive gymnastics, Katelyn Ohashi has been engaging with brand partnerships. But her accompanying Simone Biles on the Gold Over America will be on the focus again, after 2021.

Previously, she was engaged with the charity Project Heal, aiming to support individuals with eating disorders. Apart from that, Katelyn’s gymnastics movements have now transformed into a learning opportunity for others. But in her early years, the Seattle native used to be a force to reckon with.

She had created a ripple among her fans with her floor routine in the 2019 NCAA Regional Semifinals. The performance video still boasts of having one of the largest viewerships on YouTube and reminisces about the aura Katelyn Ohashi used to have on the mat in her collegiate years. Interestingly, in those years, she even took a head-on challenge with Simone Biles. In reply, Simone couldn’t stop herself from becoming a fan of Katelyn Ohashi. Years after such an experience, the duo still holds the same bond.

Simone Biles reminisces her experience with Katelyn Ohashi 

In her budding years, Simone Biles had to face a defeat from Katelyn Ohashi in the 2013 AT&T American Cup. The latter lifted the top prize while the former remained in disbelief after witnessing the movements. Years after that face-off, Simone Biles had continued her fandom over Katelyn. The Olympian confessed that part wholeheartedly in front of the camera.

In one of her interviews, Simone said, “I was like so scared even when we were at the chalk bucket and Katelyn was standing next to me because she was in my group and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t even talk to her’. Then she said something to me and I was like ‘Me?’” However, the most decorated gymnast took motivation from such a blistering talent in her growing years. But the bond remains intact between them. Once again, the fans will watch that bond on the mat in the upcoming Gold Over America occasion.

7-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles and other world-class gymnasts will be leaping into Philadelphia this fall.

The pop concert-style performance known as the “Gold Over America Tour” is coming to the Wells Fargo Center on October 4.

This high-flying performance will showcase the athletic brilliance and championship journeys of Biles and gymnasts Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Katelyn Ohashi, Peng-Peng Lee, Shilese Jones, Fred Richard, Mélanie Johanna De Jesus Dos Santos, Kayla Dicello, Evita Griskenas, Casimir Schmidt and more.

Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, will lead the cast in a jaw-dropping show featuring high-energy choreography with an inspirational message of hope, strength, resilience and determination.

Event organizers said this show “will have audiences on the edge of their seat with every tumble, twist and gravity-defying trick.”

This post-Olympic tour will be traveling across the country making stops in 30 arenas.

“From the world’s stage to the GOAT stage, this incredible journey continues, and I can’t wait for fans to see what we have in store this year,” Biles said in a statement. “I love creating unforgettable memories for our audiences every night on tour.”

Jordan Chiles’ fate always turns otherwise. After surviving an abusive coach, she turned up to Simone Biles, who brought her to the World Gymnastics Centre in Texas for further training. However, when her individual Olympic medal dream was in tatters after failing to qualify in beam and bars in Tokyo, her fate turned otherwise again. With Simone Biles bowing out because of her twisties in the final event, Jordan earned the chance to save Team USA in the final. Eventually, she left the mat with the team silver medal after proving her mettle. But still, she seems to prefer to stay humble, as she stated recently.

After the Tokyo Olympics, the 23-year-old elite gymnast has climbed up to the rank, earning laurels. Eventually, that made her a veteran in the sport. However, Jordan Chiles has yet to consider herself a leader, compared to Simone Biles. “I can give (advice on) what to do, what not to do, how to take care of yourself … but at the end of the day, I’m not Simone Biles who has done 850 world championships,” she responded to the debate. With that, the former world champion also mentioned her learning spree with Simone Biles, which she still enjoys. So, in such a position, she may not be the leader everyone wants to see. But Jordan thoroughly enjoys the leadership duties.

“I think I’m a good leader – being a veteran as they always say is pretty cool,” Jordan Chiles expressed. Furthermore, through such a role, she is ready to share her experience with the newcomers in Team USA. But fitting her feet in Simone Biles’ shoes would be too early for her, as she mentioned in the conversation with the NBC Olympics.

Meanwhile, after experiencing multiple heartbreaks in Tokyo and surviving a shoulder injury this year, Jordan Chiles still stands as one of the most favored entries in the Team USA gymnastics squad for the Paris Olympics. Yet this time, the reason is more than just a work of fate. Rather, the determination to prove herself is in hindsight.

Jordan Chiles follows Simone Biles’ lead once again 

After her Tokyo Olympics endeavor, Jordan Chiles wrote a beautiful note for her gymnastic pal, Simone Biles. “To my best friend, just thinking about everything we have gone through together from us getting mad at each other for no reason to laughing at jokes, to bringing the love of this sport back to me with your help words can’t explain how proud I am of you,” remained the words to describe the relation between two. In fact, according to Gina Chiles, Jordan’s mother, had not there been Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles would not have continued her gymnastics dream after school.

From bringing her to WCC, Texas, to motivating her all the way, Simone Biles has been the northern star for Jordan. Now when both are on the verge of their gymnastic veteran-ship, Jordan still decides to follow the 4-time Olympic gold medalist, representing the never-say-never attitude they hold.

So, now all Jordan can think about is her preparation for the US Olympic gymnastics trials. Pointing to that, Jordan said, “It’s going to be great no matter what because this time I’m going to do it for myself”. Meanwhile, the duo will meet each other in the Core Hydration Classic before the trials. All eyes will be on the XL Center in Hartford on May 17-18.

Reigning world and Olympic vaulting champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil says she hopes she and competitor Simone Biles of the United States will be in top form when the Olympic Games Paris 2024 roll around in less than 80 days’ time.

“It’s about doing my best, and I hope [Biles] does, too, that she does her best because it’s an honour to be able to compete alongside her,” Andrade said, according to the AFP.

The women’s competition in artistic gymnastics is likely to be all about the duo, who finished 1-2 in the all-around at last year’s World Championships and shared the vault, balance beam and floor exercise podiums as Biles grabbed gold in all but the vault.

In the all-around, the duo was joined by American Shilese Jones, who also finished runner-up to Andrade in 2022. Together, Biles, Andrade, and Jones represented the first time three Black women had landed on the World all-around podium.

“Representation, right?” Andrade said. “We are seeing a lot more black athletes and being able to represent and encourage so many children and young people who previously thought they couldn’t dream but today can not only dream but can believe that it is possible.”