Simone Biles reacts to 2024 Olympics team formation

Simone Biles is officially headed to her third Olympics. Widely considered the GOAT of gymnastics, the decorated athlete secured her third Olympic berth by dominating the all-around competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Minneapolis on Sunday. Biles, who bested heavyweight gymnasts Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey to take first place in the competition, told reporters she was ready for her upcoming trip to Paris this month.

“This is definitely our redemption tour,” Biles said of the new U.S. women’s gymnastics team, which includes Lee, Chiles, Carey and newcomer Hezly Rivera. Everybody. “I feel like we all have more to give.”

The theme of return is very fitting when the group of five is chosen. represent the United States at the 2024 Olympics were all present at the 2020 games in Tokyo (which took place in 2021), except for 16-year-old Rivera. While her teammates won several medals throughout the competition, Biles was forced to suddenly withdraw from most of her events due to her mental health and what gymnasts call “ spiral”.

Biles said the team went into the match in Paris with a different mentality than in Tokyo. “We are more mature, we are smarter, we are more determined,” she told reporters. “We weren’t in the best situation…but I felt like we had a lot of burden on us to go out and prove that we were better athletes.”

It’s not surprising that Biles passed the Olympic trials, as the seven-time Olympic medalist has received rave reviews – and even an award. Thanks from Taylor Swift–when the NBC Olympics & Paralympics account shared a video of Biles’ floor routine on X (formerly Twitter)).

Set to Swift’s 2017 hit “…Ready for It?” The athlete hit a difficult triple-double in the video and the “Cruel Summer” singer was knocked out. “Watched this so many times and still not ready,” Swift wrote in the comments section. “However, she is ready for it.”