Four-year-old Verity Ofori-Kuragu was honored with the ‘Gymnast of the Week” in her gymnastics class and decided to dedicated it to her idol, Simone Biles.
Could it be over between iconic gymnast Simone Biles and her beau, fellow gymnast Stacey Ervin, Jr.? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. We’re wondering that after noticing posts featuring both parties on their respective social media pages have been few and far between over the last few months. And while Ervin still follows […]
Simone Biles wants to bring gymnastics to the masses and plans to bring some of her friends along for the ride. The Olympic and world champion is headlining a tour in the fall of 2020 that will be a mixture of sports and entertainment intended to inspire the next generation of female athletes. The “Gold […]
On her journey to become the most decorated gymnast in the world, Simone Biles received an unexpected accolade. During the world championships in Germany, the 22-year-old astonished the crowd with two jaw-dropping moves that will bear her name. https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1180599322271834118 During her floor routine, she did a triple-double that included a double backflip and three twists. […]
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Simone Biles has already written her name into gymnastics history many times over. A few more times won’t hurt, though. At the upcoming world championships in Germany, Biles can break the record for most medals won by any gymnast. More than that, she can write herself into the sport’s Code of […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Simone Biles messed around and got a triple-double. And just about everything else too on her way to a sixth U.S. women’s gymnastics title. The Olympic champion began her preparation for the 2020 Games by drilling her boundary pushing triple-twisting, double-flip (aka the “triple-double”) at the end of her first […]
Olympic champion Simone Biles is upset about an anti-Nike tweet from USA Gymnastics interim president and CEO Mary Bono. Bono was appointed Friday to hold the position while USA Gymnastics searches for a permanent successor to Kerry Perry, who resigned under pressure from the United States Olympic Committee in September after spending nine months on […]
BOSTON (AP) — The color choice wasn’t a coincidence. It was a statement. One Simone Biles felt compelled to make even as the organization she competes for struggles to find a compassionate and compelling message to sexual abuse survivors. The Olympic champion designed the leotard she wore while winning her fifth US women’s gymnastics title […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University official who oversaw Larry Nassar is facing criminal charges amid an investigation into the handling of complaints against the former sport doctor, who is in prison for sexually assaulting patients under the guise of treatment. William Strampel was in jail pending an arraignment Tuesday, Ingham County Sheriff […]
Four-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time World All-Around gymnastics champion Simone Biles is the most decorated female gymnast in the sport’s history. The nineteen-year-old talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about her new book Courage To Soar. “It was pretty easy to open up and tell my story. I grew up in foster care for a couple of […]
Simone Biles continues to make headlines after winning four medals in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The 19-year-old gymnastics champion has won 14 medals in her career, making her the first person to own the most world medals in U.S. history. Digiday.com notes that Simone already has $2 million in endorsement deals, including a range of […]
USA teammate Laurie Hernandez joined her on the podium taking home the silver medal.
