Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera will compete in Paris, while Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong have been named as the team's travelling alternates.
Minneapolis' Target Center was at capacity for the final day of competition (30 June) and the crowd was electric as routines were hit, landings were stuck and Olympic dreams began to come true.
Biles will take the Olympic stage for the third time while Lee, Chiles and Carey will make their second appearances. Paris will be Rivera's Games debut.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens OLY (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, and she is considered by many to be one of the greatest gymnasts and Olympians of all time.
will be joined on the squad by Lee, Chiles, Carey and Rivera, while Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong will serve as alternates. Biles will be making her third Olympics appearance and is anxious to bring home the gold after the U.S. won the team silver in the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Simone Biles is already in the history books, but the entire Team USA women's' gymnastics team for the Paris Summer Olympic Games also boasts a number of firsts. The team of Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Hezly Rivera is hoping to reclaim the Olympic team gold, and is making history as they do it.
Simone Biles is done competing at Paris 2024: "I've accomplished way more than in my wildest dreams" It was the question that lingered ahead of Paris 2024: How would Simone Biles handle the Olympic stage again three years after Tokyo 2020 in 2021? Just fine, it turned out.
US history-making women's Olympic gymnasts inspiring young hopefuls back home. Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles pose for a photo after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women's gymnastics team during the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials.
On this date in 1996, Kerri Strug stuck the landing on a severely injured ankle to help the U.S. women's gymnasts clinch their first-ever Olympic team gold medal. 🥇 (🎥 @TeamUSA)
Biles heads into the 2024 Paris Olympics at 27 years old, making her the oldest woman to compete for American gymnastics on that stage since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. That year, the U.S. had four athletes over the age of 27, with Marie Margaret Hoesly being the oldest at 35 years old.
Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens is taking a break from training camp to support his wife, American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles, in the women's team final at the 2024 Olympics. The couple was married in the spring of 2023. They are adjusting to life in the spotlight together.
Key Facts. Biles made $7.1 million in 2023, according to Forbes estimates, with about $7 million of that total coming from endorsem*nts and the rest directly from gymnastics, tying her as the 16th highest-paid female athlete in the world that year.
Biles has been dubbed the GOAT (or Greatest of All Time) in gymnastics for her consistency, longevity and, perhaps most importantly, for her ability to push the boundaries in her sport. No gymnast has won more world championship medals than Biles and no American gymnast has won more Olympic medals than her.
The USA Gymnastics women have won the Olympic Gold four times, in 1996, 2012, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics. These successes led to the nicknames Magnificent Seven, Fierce Five, Final Five, and Golden Girls, respectively.
All About the 16-Year-Old Gymnast Headed to Paris. “This has been my dream ever since I was 8,” said the athlete, who is from New Jersey. At 16, gymnast Hezly Rivera has spent half of her life envisioning herself as an Olympian. “This has been my dream ever since I was 8,” she told NBC News.
Carey, Biles, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Hezley Rivera unboxed their new leotards, which were made by gymnastics apparel company GK Elite, earlier this month. “They are full of crystals, super patriotic, and really beautiful,” Carey says.
The members of the U.S. Olympic Team for women's gymnastics are: Shawn Johnson of West Des Moines, Iowa/Chow's Gymnastics; Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas/WOGA; Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis./M&M Gymnastics; Samantha Peszek of Indianapolis, Ind./DeVeau's; Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's; and ...
Simone Biles has taken home the gold in the women's gymnastics individual all-around competition as the 2024 Olympic Games continue in Paris. Biles is the first American gymnast to ever win the event twice. Teammate Suni Lee earned a bronze medal, while Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade won silver.
Anastasia Valeri'yevna "Nastia" Liukina (simply credited as Nastia Liukin, born 1989, Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian born American artistic gymnast. She is daughter of Anna Kotchneva, former rhythmic gymnast and Valeri Liukin, a former artistic gymnast.
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