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Simone Biles

Elite Athletes Could Be Less Single-Minded

Talia Barrington

August 6, 2024

simone biles smiles triumphantly

Olympics Photo of the Day: Respect, Recognition, and Joyful Support

August 5, 2024

On a medals podium, two gymnasts on either side of the gold-medal winner playfully bow down to her, as she raises her arms.

The ‘Grandma Gymnast’ Is Here to Stay

August 1, 2024

photo of several gymnasts warming up

Simone Biles and the Limits of ‘Work Ethic’

July 17, 2024

The Simone Biles Revolution

Meghan O’Rourke

August 30, 2023

Simone Biles in the air, flipped backwards

The Gymnast Who Won’t Let Her Daughters Do Gymnastics

August 3, 2021

Rachael Denhollander is featured on a yellow background with five red, blue, and yellow circles spaced randomly around her

Simone Biles’s Critics Don’t Understand This Generation of Athletes

July 29, 2021

What Simone Biles Understands About Greatness

Robert O'Connell

July 28, 2021

Simone Biles at a competition.

Gymnastics Doesn’t Know What to Do With Simone Biles’s Dominance

June 10, 2021

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