Simone Biles is back, y'all, no more "twisties" for her. This lady is a beast, and she just made the World Championships in gymnastics for the sixth, count 'em, sixth time!
Simone Biles has made the World Championships in gymnastics for the sixth time - an unprecedented feat, according to USA Gymnastics. The news comes about a month after Biles won a record eighth U.S. Gymnastics title.
Biles, 26, placed first at the U.S. women's Artistic World Championships and Pan American Games Selection camp in Texas on Tuesday. Until nearly the end of what was a "nail-biting competition" Biles was behind Kaliya Lincoln and Shi Jones, USA Gymnastics says.
This just weeks after Biles became the oldest woman to win a U.S. Championship since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963.
After suffering from the "twisties" at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Biles stepped back from competing. She made her comeback this year at the U.S. Gymnastics Championship in August and became the first gymnast to win eight all-around titles, according to USA Gymnastics. She is also the oldest woman to win an all-around title.
When experiencing the twisties, athletes can get disoriented mid-air, which can be dangerous and lead to serious injury.
So she's officially back and obviously ready for action; and it's needless to say, but Biles is the GOAT in women's gymnastics.
Biles is the most decorated U.S. women's gymnast of all time with 32 medals from Worlds and the Olympics combined, according to USA Gymnastics. She has seven Olympic medals - tying with U.S. gymnast Shannon Miller, who last competed in Atlanta in 1996.
Biles has a chance to break that record, but has not said yet if she will compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
We'll get a chance to see her compete with the U.S. team next month in the World Championships in Belgium.
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