SIMONE BILES’ INCREDIBLE LEGACY: WHAT’S IN HOLD FOR THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS?
Simone Biles has already rewritten the history books and established herself as a gymnastics legend.
Hisname has become synonymous with excellence and pushing boundaries in every direction, and his influence extends far beyond the competitive level.
From pioneering innovative movements bearing her name to promoting mental health awareness, Biles’ impact is global and profound.
Despiteher illustrious career, countless accolades, and being one of the talking heads for mental health, Biles isn’t done yet.
Afterthe ordeal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she withdrew from the women’s team final and four subsequent individual events to prioritize her mental health while dealing with the turning point, Biles publicly expressed her desire for redemption.”Our performances in Tokyo weren’t the best.
We weren’t in the best conditions,” Biles said at the U.S. trials.”
This is definitely our redemption tour.”The 2024 Paris Olympics will not be just another competition, but an opportunity for Biles to cement her unparalleled legacy both on and off the court.
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In addition to Code points skills, records and medals in the five sports that carry her. name, Paris Biles is introducing the changed approach to her gymnastics career at the Tokyo Games after her retirement brought the importance of mental health into the sport front and center.”We’ve always put mental health first,” Biles said after the recent US trials. “And I think it’s really nice that Tokyo gave us the opportunity to open the stage for this call. I think the athletes are a little more capable now.
We trust our gut and take our mental health a little more seriously.”Self-care has become part of Biles’ legacy.
It’s also part of her new perspective on achievement.”I think success means a little different for me than before, because before everyone defined success for me, even if I had my own story, what I wanted,” he told Olympics.com last year before the world championships. “So now it’s just obvious, to be in a good place , have fun out there and whatever happens, happens.”In addition to her focus on mental health, Biles’ legacy has been strong advocacy against abuse in gymnastics, when she revealed in 2018 that she too was a victim of abuse by a former US team doctorHer courage — along with her massive platform — helped bring about systemic changes in sports.
IFTHE GAPS DON’T STOP, PROVISIONS AND MEDALS ARE POSSIBLE IN PARISThe 27-year-old has never been short of records as she has piled them up throughout her career.”
I don’t focus on the stats, I focus on the routine and competing there and seeing how comfortable and confident I feel,” Biles said at the 2023 world championships after winning her 23rd gold medal. “23 [world titles], I mean it’s just a number.”While the facts and figures may not be on Biles’ mind, they will certainly be on the minds of many during the Race to Paris.
Bilesneeds just one medal of any color to become the most American gymnast with Olympic medals. She is currently linked with 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympian Shannon Miller.
Asecond victory eight years after the first would be unique for Biles, while two women (Larisa Latynina 1956-60 and Vera Caslvaska 1964-68) and four men (Alberto Braglia 1908-12; Viktor Chukarin 1952-56; Kato Sawao 1968 -72 and Uchimura Kohei 2012-2016) have two Olympic gold medals.
At27, Biles could become the oldest woman to win Olympic gold since Maria Gorokhovskaja, who won at age 30 in Helsinki in 1952.
With30 world titles and seven Olympic medals, Biles is already the most decorated gymnast of all time, and while she may be short of Latynina’s career-high 18 medals, the five golds she achieved at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. . – he would bring the total to nine..
