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Simone Biles has admitted she found it ‘weird’ to be watching her husband for the Green Bay Packers‘ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs earlier this season.

The U.S gymnast, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, is used to people watching her perform in front of millions. Instead, she swapped the spotlight for a seat in th

It just so happened that Taylor Swift would be in the opposite box supporting her beau Travis Kelce, who plays as a tight end for the Chiefs.

Biles, meanwhile, was fully behind her man Jonathan Owens as they looked to claim an important victory. One of Biles and Swift would go home with a happy partner, and on this occasion, the Packers impressed despite Kelce‘s return of four catches for 81 yards.

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Owens, who plays as a safety and made five tackles, came out on the winning side as his team edged it 27-19 on December 4. They eventually closed out the regular season with a 9-8 record before the playoffs.

While Swift has been seen at eight Chiefs games this season, Biles admitted she felt somewhat out of her comfort zone watching from the stands, adding it was ‘definitely not’ her activity.

“It’s a little bit weird because I’m like, this is definitely not my gig, but I know how excited [the fans] are,” Biles said.

“There was no selfie, and I’m not sure they were exactly happy that the Packers were beating them.”

Simone Biles opens up wedding to Jonathan Owens

Owens, who previously admitted he had no clue who Biles was when they met, first found her on the invite-only dating app, Raya, back in 2020.

They tied the knot in April 2023 in an intimate courthouse ceremony in Houston before repeating their nuptials in Mexico – a memory Biles says was the most fun she has ever had.

e VIP box to catch a game of NFL.

“We could have had so many more people, but we really wanted to make it as intimate and as special as possible,” Biles told Vanity Fair. “I was like, ‘Not to knock your football coach from third grade, but baby, when was the last time you talked to him?'”

She added: “I’ve never had so much fun in my life. I was 19 when I won my first Olympics, and I was like, How am I supposed to top this? My wedding topped it. It was the greatest feeling ever.”

The American superstar graces the February cover of Vanity Fair magazine

The world’s most decorated gymnast ever Simone Biles made her return to gymnastics following a hiatus after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2023 look easy, as she soared to a record eighth U.S. all-around crown and a sixth global title weeks later.

But, the 26-year-old says appearances may not be exactly as they seem.

“I felt like I was back in my element and it was exciting,” Biles told Vanity Fair magazine for its February issue of which she graces the cover. “But I was truly petrified. I had the training to back it up because we worked really hard, [but] I wasn’t as confident or as comfortable as I wanted to be.”
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Despite the nerves, Biles won five medals including four golds at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, site of her first global championships a decade earlier.

With 37 World and Olympic medals, Biles is the most decorated athlete the sport has ever seen. Her Antwerp haul pushed her past previous record holder Vitaly Scherbo’s 33 career medals.

While Biles has yet to announce her competition schedule for 2024, it’s likely fans may have to wait until May’s U.S. Classic to see the superstar back in action.

 

Simone Biles says a return to the Olympics in Paris this summer is not certain, and she would not be crushed if she did not go to the Games. The American became the most decorated athlete in the history of the sport at the World Championships last year, winning four gold medals in Antwerp at her first major event since taking a break for her mental health.

Simone Biles has raised questions about whether she will compete at the Paris Olympics, admitting it would not “absolutely crush” her if she did not go to a third Games.
The American is by some way the biggest name in gymnastics, and made history in her comeback from a long break out of top-level competition by winning four golds at the World Championships in Antwerp last year.
Biles won three individual gold medals and one for her team to become the most decorated athlete in the history of her sport, with a combined 37 medals across the Olympics and World Championships.
The 26-year-old also became the first woman to successfully land the , a move which is now named after her.
Biles had taken time out from the sport after speaking openly about the mental difficulties she dealt with at the Tokyo Games, when she suffered with what is known as the ‘twisties’, an issue which causes a mental block to routines gymnasts could often do with their eyes closed.
She returned to take bronze in the balance beam competition, but any question around whether she has unfinished business at the Olympics has been denied by Biles, who has seven medals from two previous Games, including four golds.
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“If I don’t make it to Paris, it won’t absolutely crush me,” she told Vanity Fair.
Asked “so nothing definitive”, Biles then replied: “Correct”.
Biles has and told the same publication that she has been enjoying her return to training more than she expected.
“I owe that to my team-mates,” she said
“I didn’t think I’d be having fun like this at my age in the gym, but they keep it fun. They’ve been bigger rocks to me than they know.”

For ‘Vanity Fair,’ Simone Biles opened up about her marriage with Jonathan Owens and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Simone Biles revealed that marrying her husband, Jonathan Owens, brought her more joy than her first Olympic victory in 2016.

“I’ve never had so much fun in my life,” she told Vanity Fair in an interview published today (Jan. 10) while reflecting on her wedding. “It was the greatest feeling ever.”

Biles and Owens emphasized the importance of their intimate wedding. The former explained, “We could have had so many more people, but we really wanted to make it as intimate and as special as possible. I was like, ‘Not to knock your football coach from third grade, but baby, when was the last time you talked to him?’”

The couple tied the knot in April 2023 after famously meeting in 2020 on the invite-only dating app Raya. Despite being the most decorated gymnast of all time, Owens said he didn’t know who Biles was then.

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Last month, their relationship became a topic of debate after Owens called himself “the catch” on “The Pivot” podcast. When asked, “How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?” he replied, “It’s really how she pulled me, man, that’s the question.”

A few days later, Biles weighed in on the discourse about her private life. She tweeted, “Are y’all done yet?” Former NFL player and host Ryan Clark also offered his take. He explained, “He talked about the way Simone Biles has changed his life, how she has helped him, [and] how much their love, and their journey and their story [are] all tied together.”

Elsewhere in her chat with Vanity Fair, the six-time all-around world champion spoke about her potential participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Although eager to compete, she admitted that not making it wouldn’t devastate her.

Biles also mentioned extending her focus beyond gymnastics and working with Friends of the Children. The nonprofit pairs foster children with long-term mentors. “I’ll always advocate for foster kids,” she said. “I was a foster kid, and something very out of the ordinary happened to me.

Seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles recently shared her views on handling the fame she gained in the initial years of her gymnastics career. The 26-year-old stated that while her fame cannot be compared to someone like Taylor Swift, it’s still somewhat difficult to handle at times.

Biles rose to immense fame during the 2013 World Championship in Antwerp. At the age of 16, she became the first African-American gymnast to win the all-around title at the international championship. Biles’ popularity continued to soar when she won four gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games.

The American sports star built her fame like no other athlete. Fans and media always followed her, wanting to know more about the decorated gymnast.

Looking back at her initial years and how she handled her new-found fame, Simone Biles told Vanity Fair in a recent interview:

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More than Biles, it was her parents who found it difficult to handle their daughter’s fame. She revealed that they wanted to protect their daughter from fans, reporters, and photographers. However, the situation was out of their hands.

Simone Biles also said in the interview:

Amari Drayton, a freshman at LSU Gymnastics, recently stunned in her debut against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday night. Her amazing performance landed her an SEC award, and Jordan Chiles and Joscelyn Roberson were quick to congratulate the youngster.

Drayton, who hails from Texas, the hometown of Olympic and World Champion Simone Biles, was competing on the vault and the floor for the first time, donning the LSU Tigers’ purple and gold leotard.

The gymnast proved that she was a force to be reckoned with early in the meet when she landed her Yurchenko one-and-a-half on the vault. Her impeccable performance scored her a 9.925, helping her clinch silver in the event, behind teammate and senior Haleigh Bryant.

After the vault, Amari Drayton moved on to the floor, where she once again scored a 9.925, getting in on a share of the second place, and helping the Tigers to her victory.

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Recognizing Drayton for her performance, she was awarded the SEC’s Co-Freshman of the Week, alongside fellow gymnast Lily Smith from Georgia.

Taking to her Instagram stories to congratulate the LSU freshman, Jordan Chiles wrote,

Joscelyn Roberson also took to her Instagram to wish Drayton, writing

Apart from the three big gymnastics entities who were left wowed by Drayton, LSU Gymnastics head coach Jay Clarke was also impressed.

Drayton, who was only a last-minute replacement for an injured teammate, was “spectacular” according to Clarke.

Amari Drayton and the LSU Gymnastics team will next be in action on January 13th. The Tigers, who are currently 5th on the Road to Nationals rankings, will take on UCLA, Utah, and Oklahoma, at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. The meet will take place at the Maverik Center in West Valley, Utah.

Simone Biles‘ sister-in-law Sammi Biles recently shared a somber update with her followers. In a heartbreaking update, Sammi Biles revealed that she suffered her third miscarriage in four years and had to bid an emotional farewell to another unborn child. This comes after Sammi revealed in June last year that she lost her second unborn baby in 2022 who suffered from several complications.

On January 9, 2024, Sammi Biles posted a reel on Instagram that began with a glimpse of an email congratulating her on being pregnant again. The caption read, What I think Heaven will sound like…” with a background track in which a child is heard saying, Mommy”. However, as the reel transitioned, a tragic update came to the fore. The video showed Sammi sobbing, and the caption read, “3 of Ronni’s siblings gone too soon,” adding three angel emojis and a broken heart emoticon.

In the post, she wrote about her ordeal while expressing her sadness and anger, “not the way anyone wants to start off their “new year”
but here we are. from the biggest Christmas surprise blessing to now being a mom of reoccurring pregnancy loss with three angel babies in Heaven. how is this my life?”

She further shared that to get pregnant again and to give Ronni’s siblings the road ahead would likely involve the arduous journey of IVF once again. The post further read, “I grieve not only them but grieving the fact that in order to try to have a sibling earthside for ronni we will have to go through IVF…again. and even that is not guaranteed. IVF is treacherous. it’s battle. it’s war. it’s expensive. it tests your marriage. it’s time consuming. it’s meticulous. it tests your sanity.”

Struggling with feelings of numbness, anger, and sadness, she found herself grappling with the harsh reality of infertility, the toll of four consecutive years of pregnancy, and her third miscarriage. Sammi Biles expressed, “my body needs a break. 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 consecutive years being pregnant and 1 earth-side baby to show for it has taken its toll. i don’t understand why something is given only to be taken away? but God does and I have to trust His plan for us and our family.”

Sammi and her husband Ron Biles Jr, Simone’s brother, have faced testing times with the couple having to go through the loss of three unborn children in the last four years. Not only that, their only child had a health scare of her own a few months away from her first birthday.

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Previous pregnancy losses compound this untimely demise

Back in June 2023, nearly seven months after Ronni Biles was born, Sammi Biles revealed that “Ronni would have had a little sister.” She also attached a note where she bravely opened up about the heartbreak of experiencing a second miscarriage. Prior to that loss, Ron had also recounted that Sammi’s first miscarriage occurred after more than nine weeks of pregnancy.

Though the couple have found happiness in their baby daughter Ronni Biles, they were left worried after their only child had a major health scare months before she turned one. In July last year, Sammi Biles shared a photo of a T-shirt stained with blood marks on Instagram along with a caption that read, “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.” Little Ronni has had her struggles on her road to turning one, having to overcome COVID and Norovirus and dealing with respiratory syncytial virus RSV.

Despite the painful reality and having to go through another tragic loss, she remained grateful for the community of women who have stood by her in solidarity, as she recovers from her recent loss. We offer our condolences to Sammi Biles and her family.

Simone Biles stands as one of the most highly anticipated names for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Three years ago, Biles exited the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, stating a lack of mental readiness to compete. This was due to the “Twisties” she experienced, which can be described as a mid-air vertigo-like phenomenon while attempting a daring move on the vault.

After an impressive comeback in 2023, the excitement to witness the gymnastics queen of the sport reclaim the pinnacle stage has fans eagerly awaiting her performance. But along with the eagerness to see Simone Biles, speculation emerged months before the games that she could revive the very move that took her out of competition back in 2021.

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Simone Biles attempts the move that took her out of the 2021 Olympics

As reported by Gymnastics Now in December 2023, Simone Biles surprised everyone by posting eight new training videos on her Instagram stories months before the highly anticipated Paris Olympics in 2024. While the fact that she was already in training excited fans, what stood out was Biles flawlessly executing the Amanar, a move she hadn’t performed since the 2021 Olympics. In gymnastics, the Amanar on vault is when a gymnast does a backward handspring off the vaulting table, flips their body in a straight position, and twists two-and-a-half times before landing.

How did the Amanar vault challenge the gymnastics queen?

Flashback to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles had planned to perform the Amanar vault. However, while in midair, she lost her bearings and completed only one-and-a-half twists, leading to a less-than-ideal landing. Following this, she opened up about having the “Twisties.” Biles eventually withdrew from the event, leaving the United States without their highest-scoring gymnast and creating an opportunity for the Russian team to secure the gold medal, which they ultimately did.

But now it looks like the Paris Olympics might become the stage where Biles might finally redeem herself and perform one of the most difficult moves in the sport. She already aced the Yurchenko Double Pike Vault at the 2023 World Championships, christened “Biles II” in the FIG’s Code of Points, so the question arises: will she reintroduce the Amanar, also known as the Yurchenko 2.5, in 2024? Or could we witness an entirely new move, possibly the much-anticipated “Biles III”?

This speculation also gained attention when she teased her fans by performing a Yurchenko full-twisting double back, also known as a full-in, making it clear that she’s not slowing down. Time holds the answers, but we’re curious to hear your thoughts. So, what do you think?

Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens are a sporting power couple, but the competitiveness that comes with being an athlete often spills over into their relationship. In one such incident a couple of years ago, Biles challenged her then-boyfriend to a rope climbing race.

The gymnast started dating Owens in March of 2020. The duo went public a couple of months later and have since given fans plenty of insights into their relationship.

In June of 2021, when Simone Biles was getting ready to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, she released a Facebook Watch special, titled “Simone vs Herself.” It gave fans a look into the American’s life on and off the mat.

It was in the third episode of the seven-part series that Biles challenged her beau to see who could climb a rope faster. In the clip, the two can be heard deciding the stakes for the race, as they eventually settle on the loser shelling out $50 to the winner.

As the race begins, Owens starts out leading, but the gymnast soon catches up with him and reaches the top in a mere 10 seconds, with her husband still a few feet below her.

The clip shows the NFL player defending his loss saying, “Well, I had you about 3/ 4th of the way, then I just burnt out.” Biles giggled in response.

Here is a video of the battle between the two:

 

It is NFL season and one of the happiest people right now is the gymnastics queen Simone Biles. She is not just an incredible gymnast, but also an extremely supportive wife. She has been standing like a rock and cheering the loudest for her NFL husband, Jonathan Owens. Be it a touchdown or some record of Owens, Biles celebrates it all. This time is no different, when yet again Owens and his team, the Green Bay Packers, have achieved a tremendous NFL victory.

The Green Bay Packers have clinched the playoffs, and no one is happier than Simone Biles right now. She has filled her social media with proud updates for her husband and has called out Dallas with a challenging message. With this, the gymnastics GOAT has yet again turned heads by showcasing fierce support for his husband and his team.

Simone Biles is brimming with pride for Jonathan Owens 

Simone Biles has once again taken to her Instagram stories to share a bunch of proud updates with her 7.1 million social media family. Jonathan Owens’ team has clinched playoffs by knocking off one of their toughest competitions, the Chicago Bears and Biles cannot keep calm. She showcasing her pride has shared three updates for the same.

One of the updates among these that grabbed the most attention was Biles’ message for the Dallas Cowboys. With a surprise game coming next weekend between the Packers and Cowboys, Biles has already challenged them. She re-shared a Packers’ post and stated, “We are coming for you Dallas”

The gymnastics icon before this shared a picture of Owens in a white shirt and wrote, “Go 34” with white hearts beside it. She further added, “GPG”, which states Go Packers Go. Moving further, she shared a post from the Packer’s social media page which stated that the team had gone into the playoffs. Here Biles showcasing her excitement expressed, “OMG LETS F***IN GOOOO”, with white hearts beside it. She further added, “GO 34”, hyping up his husband.

Jonathan Owens and the team’s tremendous NFL feat 

On the 7th of January 2024, the Green Bay Packers made all their fans and Simone Biles jump up in excitement as they walked into the playoffs. They held their ground gracefully and defeated their archrivals, the Chicago Bears. The scoreboard carried 17-9 and the Lambeau Field was roaring with cheers for the Packers.

The Packers have won their 10th straight game against the Bears, which brings the longest winning streak to tie of this rivalry that has been going on for 100 years. The team score of Green Bay improved to 9-8 and with this triumph, they will head towards Dallas for a wildcard match next weekend.