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Simone Biles

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Simone Biles leads US women’s gymnastics team to Olympic gold

    Sport’s top star helps drive ‘redemption tour’ in Paris following her withdrawal from Tokyo Games four years ago

    Simone Biles
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    How star gymnast Simone Biles returned to a ‘good spot’

    American athlete has been upfront about need to improve mental health to cope with competition pressures

    Simone Biles during a 2024 training session
  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Simone Biles claims bronze in return to Tokyo Olympics stage

    ‘I was just out there to do this for me,’ says champion US gymnast after tumultuous week

    Simone Biles poses with her bronze medal
  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    News in-depthTokyo Olympics
    Simone Biles takes leap in exposing elite sport’s mental health strains

    US gymnast’s exit from Olympics events reveals the pressure on elite athletes during the pandemic

    Simon Biles had been expected to challenge for multiple titles at Tokyo 2020 and be a star of the Games
  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    What Biles’s Olympic exit says about elite sport

    The flipside of sport’s professionalisation is extra pressure heaped on athletes

    Simone Biles in action on the beam in Tokyo: her decision to partially step back on mental-health grounds should be respected, not vilified
  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Tokyo Olympics Daily: Simone Biles pulls out of second event

    Day 4: Stars open up about mental health, Japan tastes golden glory and stage set for bruising rugby final

    Simone Biles reacts during the women’s gymnastics team final
  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Tokyo Olympics
    Simone Biles pulls out of team final citing mental stress

    US gymnast seen as world’s greatest casts doubt on her role in rest of Tokyo Olympics

    Simone Biles looks on during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    News in-depthTokyo Olympics
    Simone Biles battles judges to cement status as greatest ever gymnast

    American accuses authorities of trying to level Olympic competition by downgrading her scores

    Simon Biles plans to attempt a Yurchenko double pike
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
    FT SeriesMeet the Olympians
    Simone Biles: ‘Sometimes it’s like: how did I just do that?’

    Her gravity-defying performances electrified audiences at the Rio Olympics. Now America’s most decorated gymnast is getting used to life back home

    Simone Biles
  • Tuesday, 23 August, 2016
    Sport
    Rio Olympics 2016: a visual analysis of Phelps, Biles and Bolt

    A graphical exploration of how performances in Rio compare to the best from 100 years of Olympic history

    Bolt Biles Phelps
  • Friday, 19 August, 2016
    The FT ViewOlympic Games
    Rio shows the endurance of the Olympic spirit

    It is not just the gold medal winners who deserve to be celebrated

    2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Preliminary - Women's 5000m Round 1 - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 16/08/2016. Nikki Hamblin (NZL) of New Zealand and Abbey D'Agostino (USA) of USA embrace. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
  • Friday, 12 August, 2016
    Person in the NewsMurad Ahmed
    Simone Biles: A gymnast vaulting into record books

    The US teenager stands out at the Rio Olympics as she revolutionises her sport, writes Murad Ahmed

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