break: finally Simon Billes finally met his worthy opponent today at…

This is definitely our redemption tour. I think we all have something to give, “said Simon Bilz to journalists at a night press conference on Sunday, June 30, shortly after being chosen as part of a gymnastics team of five people who heads for the Olympic Games in Paris in Paris in Paris next month is a field

Biles will compete with Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chils and Hizley Rivera. Four of them, minus Rivera, were also all together at the 2021 Tokyo Games, which saw them win a team silver and five individual medals, including all-around gold for Lee.

But their events were somehow overshadowed by Biles’ struggles at the time: She suddenly withdrew from most of her events, citing her mental health and a case of the “twisties,” and her teammates unexpectedly had to step up its support. absence. On Sunday, Lee and Biles both spoke of the idea of ”redemption” by returning to another Olympics.

“We weren’t in the best circumstances … but I feel like we have a lot of weight on our shoulders to go out there and prove that we’re better athletes,” Biles said. “We are more mature, smarter, more consistent.”

“I know we are stronger than what we showed in Tokyo, so I think it has to be that way for us too, because that’s not the case for other people, because that’s not why we’re doing it.” “We’re doing this for ourselves, for the love of the sport and the love of representing the United States,” she said. “So we’re just going to go out there and do our best.”

Biles touched on a number of other topics, including her definition of success, the support she gets from her husband, Jonathan Owens, and what it means to her.