FOUR-TIME Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles booked her third straight appearance at the Games with her all-around victory at the US Olympic team trials in Minneapolis on Sunday (Monday in Manila).
After taking the lead on Friday (Saturday in Manila), Biles blew away the competition by putting up a two-day all-around total of 117.225, finishing more than five points ahead of the rest of the field.
Biles, who pulled out of multiple events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to the “twisties,” a temporary loss of spatial awareness in mid-air, will be joined in Paris by Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles.
“I knew I wasn’t done after the performances in Tokyo,” Biles, 27, told NBC.
“I just had to get back in the gym, work hard and trust the process, I knew I would be back.”
Biles, who returned to competition last August after a two-year hiatus, showed that she still has some kinks to iron out. She lost her balance and hopped off the beam, while also slightly overdoing her Yurchenko double pike vault.
