Simone Biles

Brazil's Andrade beats Biles to Olympic floor gold

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade beat Simone Biles to floor gold on the final day of the Olympic gymnastics competition on Monday, ending the US gymnastic great's bid for a fourth title at the Paris Games.

Biles's bid for five Paris golds ends with balance beam fall

US gymnastics star Simone Biles slipped off the balance beam and finished out of the medals on the unforgiving apparatus on Monday, ending her bid for a record five golds at the Paris Olympics.

Simone Biles wins vault for third gymnastics gold of Paris Games

Simone Biles soared to women's vault gold on Saturday, her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown.

Paris Games: What's happening on Day Eight

Simone Biles is set to compete for her third gold medal, this time on the vault, while China's Zheng Qinwen is aiming to make history by taking the country's first gold medal in women's tennis singles.

Golden Biles makes more history

Already considered the greatest gymnast of all time, the American Biles made another piece of history as the first woman to regain the Olympic all-around title, having won it in 2016.

Paris Games: What's happening on Day Six

There will be 18 gold medals up for grabs in France, including four each in rowing and swimming, plus two each in judo, sailing and athletics, while Olympic champions will also be crowned in shooting, artistic gymnastics, and fencing.

French 'cuisine' in athletes' village gets thumbs-down from Biles

Adding to the early criticism about the quality and quantity of the food at the Olympic Village, the queen of gymnastics gave the French offerings there a thumbs-down, opining that athletes would need to get out to enjoy the "real" local cuisine.

Paris Games: What's happening on Day Four

Biles makes her second appearance at the Paris Games in the women's team final, where she hopes to win a fifth Olympic gold medal for the United States.

Biles dazzles on Olympic return

A galaxy of A-listers, from Hollywood star Tom Cruise to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, crowded into a packed Bercy Arena to watch as Biles began her quest for Olympic redemption.

July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024

Biles spearheads US bid to reassert Olympic gymnastics supremacy

The absence of Russia only bolsters America's team chances.

August 28, 2023
August 28, 2023

Dazzling Biles wins record eighth US all-around gymnastics title

The four-time Olympic gold medallist electrified the SAP Center crowd with a soaring floor routine that included a rock-solid landing on her signature Biles I tumbling pass of double layout with a half-twist.

August 6, 2023
August 6, 2023

Biles wins US Classic in return to gymnastics competition

Biles electrified a sellout crowd in suburban Chicago with a stunning performance, receiving an all-around judges' total score of 59.100 points

September 14, 2016
September 14, 2016

WADA slams Russian hackers who leaked the medical records of the Williams sisters and Simone Biles

The World Anti-Doping Agency slams Russian hackers who breached its database and published confidential records of US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.

August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016

Rio Olympics: Groundbreaking games for women

From the dizzying gymnastics heights of African-American Simone Biles to Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik and Brazilian golden girl Rafaela Silva in judo -- Rio proves a groundbreaking Games for women.

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