Follow usSimone Biles made a great return to gymnastics on Saturday in suburban Chicago, topping the competition by an enormous margin in her first competitive event since the Tokyo Olympics two years ago.
The four-time Olympic gold medalist amazed the fans with her sky-high tumbling and a double-flipping vault that were out of this world – combinations that’ve never been performed by another female gymnast before.
The sold-out crowd, including many young, hopeful gymnasts, erupted in deafening cheers every time Biles took the podium, and those did not go unnoticed by the 26-year-old.The “twisties,” which cut short Biles’ Tokyo run in 2021 were not existent on Saturday as the U.S. gymnast appeared back to her previous, top-notch form after taking more than a year off from the sport.
Simone Biles is back
🔥🔥🔥Something to celebrate — Simone wins her first competitive gymnastics event since 2021.
The commentary at the end of her AMAZING floor exercise is something I could live without though… pic.twitter.com/AMoLzmC5OZ
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) August 6, 2023
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