The decorated gymnast accepted Best Championship Performance and Best Female Athlete, delivering powerful words about resilience and gratitude during her speech. By Oumou Fofana Simone Biles reminded the world exactly why she’s the most decorated gymnast of all time. She walked away with two trophies at the 2025 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, including the … [Read more...] about Simone Biles wins big at the 2025 ESPYs
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2024 Olympics had the first-ever gymnastics podium composed entirely of black female medalist
Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Rebeca Andrade made Olympic history at the 2024 Summer Games as the first all-black gymnastics podium finishers. Andrade, 25, won gold in the floor final on Monday, August 5, 2024 at the Bercy Arena in Paris, with 27-yearold Biles earning silver and Chiles, 23, taking home the bronze. Monday's medals marked the first time in Olympic … [Read more...] about 2024 Olympics had the first-ever gymnastics podium composed entirely of black female medalist
Simone Biles isn’t alone: Olympic athletes face a mental health crisis
Even before Naomi Osaka appeared on stage to light the Olympic torch, these Games were aflame with the issue of athletes’ mental health. Osaka had inserted it into the conversation in the runup to Tokyo, with her openness about feeling vulnerable and resulting withdrawal from the French Open and Wimbledon. Then Simone Biles made mental health the Games’ biggest … [Read more...] about Simone Biles isn’t alone: Olympic athletes face a mental health crisis
Simone Biles makes history: 1st American to win medals in every event at Worlds
Record-setting gymnast Simone Biles won the women’s floor exercise gold Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Her winning score was 14.933, a full point higher than her USA teammate Morgan Hurd, who won the silver medal. The gold medal was Biles’ 14th title in her career at the world championships, extending her own record … [Read more...] about Simone Biles makes history: 1st American to win medals in every event at Worlds