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Simone Biles during the women's qualification for the artistic gymnastics final at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 25, 2021.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials on June 27, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during women's qualification on day two of the 2020 Olympic Games on July 25, 2021.
US gymnast Simone Biles celebrates with her gold medal after the women's individual all-around final of the artistic gymnastics during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 11, 2016.
Simone Biles performs on uneven bars during women's qualification on day two of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Oct. 5, 2019, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Simone Biles during an uneven bars routine for women at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, during the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Nov. 2, 2018.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during women's qualification for artistic gymnastics on day two of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Simone Biles performs on vault during women's qualification on day two of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Oct. 5, 2019, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise during the women's competition of the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America's Center on June 27, 2021, in St Louis, Missouri.
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles performs in the women's floor exercise final at the Rio 2016 Olympics on Aug. 16, 2016, where she won her fourth gold medal of the Games.
Simone Biles competes on the uneven bars at the Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
USA's Aly Raisman, Madison Kocian, Lauren Hernandez, Gabby Douglas, and Simone Biles wave to the crowd from the medals stand after the women's team artistic gymnastics final in the Rio Olympic Arena at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Simone Biles performs on the uneven bars during the apparatus finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 12, 2019.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 22, 2021.
Simone Biles during a balance beam routine at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 3, 2018.
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during day four of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships 2018 on Aug. 19 in Boston.
Simone Biles after winning the gold at the women's individual final at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Nov. 1, 2018.
Simone Biles warms up on the uneven bars prior to the women's senior competition of the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Aug. 11, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Simone Biles competes on the uneven bars during the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics trials in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 25, 2021.
Simone Biles performs on the uneven bars as she competes at the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics trials in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 25, 2021.
Simone Biles waves at fans after being named to the Olympic team in the closing ceremony of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for gymnastics in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 27, 2021.
Simone Biles competes on the floor at the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics trials in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 27, 2021.
Simone Biles during a training session at the Ariake Gymnastics Arena ahead of the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games on July 22, 2021.
Grace McCallum, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee are introduced prior to the artistic gymnastics women's final at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 27, 2021, in Tokyo.
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