This is the question that fans cannot stop asking: Will Simone Biles return to the Olympic Games in 2028?
Biles won four additional medals at the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris, increasing her total number of Olympic medals to 11, well enough to make her the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history.
So, will she try to add to her inheritance by hitting the carpet again when the summer matches take place in Los Angeles in 2028? What circumstances should be in place for this to happen?
“Life and death,” she told Sports Illustrated in her interview for having named her athlete of the year. “Because I have done so many things, there is almost nothing left to do, rather than just being snobbone and trying again and for what?” I am at a time in my career when I am humble enough to know when to have finished.
Biles, which is married to the safety of Chicago bears, Jonathan Owens, thinks that enough can be sufficient in this case.
“If you come back, you will be greedy. These are the consequences, ”she said. “But it is also your decision to decide. What sacrifices would be made if I went back now? When you are younger, it’s like, ball, college. Now it’s like, starting a family, being far from my husband. What is really worth it?
The sporting functionality of the Sports Year illustrated on Biles stresses that it does not know the answer to this question at the moment.
Biles may be the most successful gymnast in history, but she cannot understand everything she has accomplished.
“I don’t think reality has established what I did exactly in sport,” she said. “I can see it, and I hear it people, and I see an overview, but full amplitude, I don’t think I realized. I don’t think I will realize until I retire and look back in a few years like, damn, she was good. Because I can see it, but I do it every day. So for me, it’s normal.
What Simone Biles said to Hoda Kotb
After her Olympic race last August, Biles spoke live today with Hoda Kotb of her future in sport and if she plans to participate in the following summer matches.
“You know, you never say. The next Olympic Games are on the lawn at home. So you never know, ”she said. “I’m just going to relax and see where life leads me.”
Biles said so much after bringing back a gold in the individual final of the safe on August 3.
“Never say never,” said Biles at a press conference. “The next Olympic Games are at home. So you never know. I really get older.
Although almost everyone who watched the Olympic Games are impatient to see what awaits biles on the line, the gymnast also spoke to share its reflections on demand.
Biles said in August 4: “You really have to stop asking athletes what is the continuation after winning a medal at the Olympic Games.”
You must really stop asking athletes what is the next step after winning a medal at the Olympic Games
– Simone Biles (@simone_biles) August 4, 2024
“Let us enjoy the moment we have worked on our whole lives,” she added.
Between the Janeiro Rio Games, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris, Biles accumulated 11 Olympic medals, including seven.
In Paris, Biles managed a record race, becoming the most decorated American Olympic gymnast of all time after Team USA won gold in the final team on July 30. The star athlete again won gold in the final of August 1 and the final jump August 3.
All eyes were on the gymnast after having removed the Tokyo Olympic Games which were held in 2021, quoting “Twisties”, a mental phenomenon which affects the capacity of a gymnast to perceive where it is in the air.
Since the unexpected withdrawal of biles of events during these summer games, she has been opened on her mental health difficulties and has attributed therapy with her return.
“Doing something that I did forever and that I just can’t do it because of everything I experienced is really crazy because I love this sport so much,” said Biles today in October 2021.
“It’s difficult. I’m sorry. And I don’t think people understand the extent of what I go through, but for so many years to go through everything I have experienced, I am proud of myself.
This article was initially published on TODAY.COM
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