Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is embracing the holiday spirit, as evident in her recent Instagram post. The 26-year-old shared pictures donning a festive red leotard with intricate gold detailing, featuring shiny straps and a detailed gold band around the midsection.

The leotard, a familiar outfit for Biles who has represented the United States in multiple Olympic Games and World Championships, perfectly complements the holiday season.

The Biles family, known for their triumphs and joyful celebrations, encountered a concerning moment as Baby Ronni Louise Biles, Simone Biles’ beloved niece, recently experienced a harrowing health scare.

The infant, who became the apple of Simone’s eye since her arrival a year ago, necessitated urgent medical attention when she threw up blood.

Sammi Biles, Ronni’s mother and Simone’s sister-in-law, shared the alarming incident on Instagram. Alongside a photo of a T-shirt stained with blood marks, Sammi recounted the frightening ordeal, revealing that Ronni had run a low-grade fever before the concerning episode.

Expressing gratitude for Ronni’s well-being after seeking medical help, Sammi highlighted the terrifying moments that no parent is prepared for.

The family knows how to overcome the setbacks

The Biles family celebrated Ronni’s birth on November 25, 2022, and Simone embraced her role as aunt with joy, expressing her eagerness to spoil her niece.

In a July Q&A session on Instagram, Simone and her husband Jonathan Owens hinted at their plans for a family, playfully disagreeing on the ideal number of children.

While Simone has been conquering the world of gymnastics, her personal life has faced recent challenges. Two weeks ago, it was revealed that Baby Ronni tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adding to a series of health concerns within the family.

Ron Biles II, Ronni’s father, underwent a second hip surgery due to avascular necrosis, while Simone was engrossed in World Championship pursuits.

Hope keeps the Biles up

Despite the challenges, Sammi expressed hope for Ronni’s upcoming first birthday, stating, “I just hope & pray Ronni has a safe + simple yet VERY special 1st birthday in November. She deserves it.”

The family, known for their resilience, now awaits further updates on Baby Ronni’s health while Simone deals with additional struggles on the home front, managing the health of her fur-babies.

In the midst of victories and struggles, Simone Biles continues to navigate the complexities of both her professional and personal life with unwavering determination.

Amidst festive anticipation a year ago, Simone Biles’s family welcomed a special blessing: Baby Ronni Louise Biles. Her arrival brought boundless joy, quickly becoming her famous aunt’s favorite and lighting up everyone’s lives. Ronni is the daughter of Simone’s elder half-brother, Ron Biles Jr., and his wife, Sammi.

Nevertheless, peace in Biles’ homestead was interrupted when Baby Biles suffered a scary sickness episode, calling for emergency measures to access urgent treatment.

Unexpected Parenthood Realities

Recently, Sammi Biles took to Instagram to share a poignant narrative alongside a photo featuring a T-shirt stained with blood marks. The caption accompanying it reads, “on today’s episode of what happened in our household: the scary af sh*t no one prepares you for as a mom. your child running a low-grade fever last night and this morning then throws up blood. thank God she’s ok and we have gotten her checked out.”

Simone Biles, today, stands as the most decorated gymnastics star ever with about 37 medals to her name. From Olympic titles to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 26-year-old adorns a coveted path. Following along, these accolades mark Simone as a viable prospect for brands looking towards robust PR and marketing. While United Airlines, Uber Eats, Visa, and more have known it well, GK Elite and Athleta have taken the lead well. With the latter launching a recent festive collection in collaboration.

As for GK Elite, the 4-time Olympic gold medalist has held a partnership with the brand since 2015. On frequent occasions, Biles has found an opportunity to express her creativity through gymnastic apparel. Now once again honoring the long-standing deal, Biles unveiled a little holiday surprise for gymnastics enthusiasts.

A gymnast can never have enough leotards. And keeping up with that schtick, GK Elite goes out to introduce collections for every occasion. Now, with Christmas around the corner, a better surprise from the Simone-GK Elite partnership couldn’t have reached the enthusiasts. In the announcement, Biles embraced a red leotard embossed with a gold print posing a belt, cross strips on the back, and ‘Simone’ to the left corner. “it’s the holiday season. Get in the spirit in my @gkelite Golden Gilded leo,” Biles wrote, sharing the post.

This isn’t the first time Simone has gotten creative with the collection. Through her almost-decade partnership with GK Elite, Biles has introduced Leos with empowering and heartwarming meaning behind customizations. Being the first-one to do so along the way.

Simone Biles gets creative with GK Elite

According to Business Wire, in 2021, GK Elite and Biles collaborated on the first-ever athlete-designed competitive leotards as part of the Simone Biles Legacy Collection. Since then, she has designed about 16 pieces ranging in styles, colors and prints. The first series included Replica competitive leotards, Signature training leotards, and Legacy customizable competitive leotards. However, one among all outdid the rest.

In May, a month after her marriage with Jonathan Owens, Biles released a limited-edition leotard that paid homage to her own wedding. The gymnast named it “something blue” making it the only design in the history of GK to be inspired by events from outside the realm of competition. The design sported baby blue tunes partnered with white and little pearls around the torso. Festive season or not, Biles’ collections are the ones to look forward to.

Simone Biles has had an epic journey in gymnastics. What started as a passion at 6 years of age has made her the most decorated gymnast 20 years later. While most of Biles’s past teammates are retired gymnasts themselves, Biles is still at it, proving she is the GOAT of the sport.

Age is just a number for 26-year-old Simone Biles, as she made history by becoming the oldest woman to clinch victory at the U.S. gymnastics championships this year. Yet, despite this, a moment came up where Biles recalled her age in a surprising and nostalgic reunion with her past.

Simone Biles recollects her age

Simone Biles took to Instagram to share a surprising picture that warmed the hearts of her 7.1 million followers. She shared a two picture carousel post with the Final Five Teammates of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez. Biles wore a chic black dress paired with a crisp white blazer and stylish leather boots, while Raisman opted for a sophisticated brown dress paired with a matching tweed blazer and tan leather boots. Hernandez looked classy in a long black leather skirt, paired with black leather boots and a stylish white halter-neck tank top.

The women looked elegant in their fall attire, posing warmly and beaming beside each other in the pictures. Simone Biles captioned the picture “grown-ish” with an emotional emoji and a white heart emoji. The picture took fans back in time to when Biles was merely 19 years old, and she competed with the final five at her first Olympics in Rio. This heartwarming update also came after Biles surprised her fans with an iconic gymnastics moment on TikTok.

Another iconic gymnastics reunion

Simone Biles took to TikTok to share a video that made gymnastics fans around the world squeal with joy. She captioned the video “rounding up some of the gym girls” set to the tune Lovin’ on Me by Jack Harlow. The short clip began with Simone Biles, dressed in a blue satin dress with her gorgeous braids left loose as she blew a kiss at the camera.

After playfully covering the lens, a delightful surprise unfolded as an array of gymnastics stars like Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Maggie Nichols, Madison Kocian, and Kyla Ross appeared, each waving in a heartwarming virtual reunion.

With the medal, the seven-time Olympic medallist becomes the sport’s most decorated ever

Simone Biles is on top again, striking gold in the women’s all-around final Friday (6 October) at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp. It’s a sixth global title and her first since 2019.

From the moment Biles stepped into the Sportspaleis, flashing her megawatt smile, to deafening screams from the packed house, it appeared it would be her night. She went on to tally 58.399 ahead defending champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (56.766).

2022 World all-around silver medallist Shilese Jones took the bronze medal at 56.332.

“I was emotional because 10 years I won my first Worlds, now we’re back here,” Biles said afterward. “So, it was emotional. It means everything to me, the fight, everything that I’ve put in to get back to this place to feel comfortable and confident enough to compete.”

The win comes with more history for Biles, who donned a blue sequinned leotard the crystals on which shone as bright as the sport’s biggest star.

She’s now the only gymnast to win World all-around titles a decade apart, having taken her first title in the very same venue in 2013. Legendary gymnasts Uchimura Kohei of Japan and Russia’s Svetlana Khorkina‘s first and last titles were six years apart, the previous record.

Biles is also the only female gymnast to take six all-around crowns, tying her with Uchimura.

With 34 World and Olympic medals, she becomes the sport’s most decorated ever, male or female. After Wednesday’s women’s team final title, Biles was tied with Vitaly Scherbo, who competed for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and Belarus throughout his career.

“All in all, I don’t think it will hit me until maybe I retire and then look back and see everything that I’ve done,” said Biles of her historic career. “Tonight, I think it was a good start.”

Ahead of competition, coach Laurent Landi noted many were keeping a close eye on her pupil to see if she still had ‘it.’

“It still proves to myself and other people that I can do it, so I’m proud of the work that I’ve put in to get to this point,” said Biles of those who might have questioned her, “and it’s just exciting that I just keep going up, up each and every year, so I’m excited for what’s to come.”

Simone Biles exclusive: ‘I didn’t know if I was ever going to be able to compete again’

Legendary gymnast Simone Biles has been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Other nominees for the award are star athletes Aitana Bonmati, Erling Haaland, Novak Djokovic, Siya Kolisi, and Max Verstappen.

The 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be the 70th edition of the award ceremony. On December 5, the publication opened its voting gates on its website. The polls will close on 12 December 2023, 22:00 GMT.

Simone Biles was the only gymnast to make it to the list of six athletes that BBC released. After her two-year mental health break, the four-time Olympic gymnast made an impressive comeback this year. She made her way to the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and won five medals.

Biles won four world championship gold medals in the team, all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise events. She also won a silver medal in the vault event. Her impressive performance made her the gymnast with the most number of World Championship medals in the world (30). She is also the gymnast with the highest number of World Championship gold medals (23).

This year, Biles became the only gymnast to represent the United States for the sixth time in the World Championship forum. She made her debut in the world championship in 2013 where she bagged two gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal.

Simone Biles struggled with mental health issues during the 2020 Summer Olympics

While performing at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Simone Biles shared that she felt a disconnect between her mind and body.

The experience prompted Biles to address her mental well-being. She subsequently announced her break from gymnastics during the 2021 Summer Olympics. In an interview with NBC Olympics, Biles revealed what affected her to take a break. She said:

Simone Biles took a break from professiona; gymnastics for two full years before returning to the sport in 2023 at the US Classic.