Biles won three gold medals and a silver at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Simone Biles‘ incredible success with Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games has seen her nominated as one of the finalists in the 2024 Texan of the Year award as she prepares to be honored by her home state.
The artistic gymnast claimed gold in the team, all-around and vault events in Paris, as well as adding a silver on the floor to bring her career haul to 11 medals in the Summer Games and to leave no doubters to her greatness after her turbulent 2020 campaign in Tokyo.
The 27-year-old then embarked on her Gold Over America Tour (GOAT) across the United States to continue to perform her skills and to promote her sport too, as she bathes in the shine of her glory.
Despite the medal haul from Europe and adoration across the nation, the nomination for Texan of the Year might be her favorite one through her staunch patriotism and passion for the Lone Star State that she grew up in and is building a home in.
Biles honored by Associated Press
The successes continue to come pouring Biles’ way after her determined 2024 too, as the star finds herself honored as the AP Female Athlete of the Year runner-up behind the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark.
Biles earned 25 votes to finish 10 behind the WNBA icon, and a long way ahead of Imane Khelif in third-place, who won just four. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani won the AP Male Athlete of the Year too.
Simone Biles‘ incredible success with Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games has seen her nominated as one of the finalists in the 2024 Texan of the Year award as she prepares to be honored by her home state.
The artistic gymnast claimed gold in the team, all-around and vault events in Paris, as well as adding a silver on the floor to bring her career haul to 11 medals in the Summer Games and to leave no doubters to her greatness after her turbulent 2020 campaign in Tokyo
Despite the medal haul from Europe and adoration across the nation, the nomination for Texan of the Year might be her favorite one through her staunch patriotism and passion for the Lone Star State that she grew up in and is building a home in.
Biles honored by Associated Press
The successes continue to come pouring Biles’ way after her determined 2024 too, as the star finds herself honored as the AP Female Athlete of the Year runner-up behind the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark.
Biles earned 25 votes to finish 10 behind the WNBA icon, and a long way ahead of Imane Khelif in third-place, who won just four. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani won the AP Male Athlete of the Year too.
The 4ft 8in gymnast earned recognition for her performances, and also for her awareness regarding mental health after she backed out of the Olympics in Japan after suffering the twisties before staging her fightback in 2024.
“Everybody’s mental health journey is unique,” Biles told CNN’s Coy Wire. “I’m not the poster child for it, but I’ll support (anyone’s) mental health journey.
“Now people come up to me and they’re like, ‘I’ve been in therapy for the first time in my life, and thank you so much’. There’s power in that. And I just know I’m helping people out there.”
