Simone will become one of only a few American women gymnasts to compete in three Olympics.
1. On Sunday, Simone Biles qualified for the 2024 Olympics women&#8217;s gymnastics team.
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<picture><img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/17/asset/65e18bbdb8c5/sub-buzz-836-1719854848-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&amp;output-quality=auto&amp;output-format=auto" width="625" height="417" /></picture>Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT4. She&#8217;s one of five gymnasts who&#8217;ll comprise the US women&#8217;s team later this month in Paris.
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<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4a6fba38e9c3/sub-buzz-456-1719858279-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4a6fba38e9c3/sub-buzz-456-1719858279-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4a6fba38e9c3/sub-buzz-456-1719858279-1.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4a6fba38e9c3/sub-buzz-456-1719858279-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT6. In a post-competition interview on Sunday with NBC, she credited &#8220;being in a good mental spot&#8221; and seeing her therapist weekly with getting her to the trials.
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/17/asset/4d00b3feb352/sub-buzz-949-1719855971-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/17/asset/4d00b3feb352/sub-buzz-949-1719855971-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/17/asset/4d00b3feb352/sub-buzz-949-1719855971-1.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/17/asset/4d00b3feb352/sub-buzz-949-1719855971-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Jamie Squire / Getty Images7. Simone, who is 27 years old, is set to become the country&#8217;s oldest female gymnast to compete at the Olympics since the 1950s.
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/251e05ce51a6/sub-buzz-464-1719858238-3.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/251e05ce51a6/sub-buzz-464-1719858238-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/251e05ce51a6/sub-buzz-464-1719858238-3.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/251e05ce51a6/sub-buzz-464-1719858238-3.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT8. &#8220;I knew I wasn&#8217;t done after the performances in Tokyo. So just getting back in the gym and working hard and trusting the process with [coaches] Cécile and Laurent [Landi], I knew I&#8217;d be back,&#8221; she told NBC.<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/20/asset/a9d1d704294c/sub-buzz-582-1719865903-8.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/20/asset/a9d1d704294c/sub-buzz-582-1719865903-8.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/20/asset/a9d1d704294c/sub-buzz-582-1719865903-8.jpg?resize=990:1485" data-crop="150.08" data-mobile-crop="150.00" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/20/asset/a9d1d704294c/sub-buzz-582-1719865903-8.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images9. Simone soon will join an elite group of American women gymnasts to compete in three Olympics.<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8b37a25c1713/sub-buzz-634-1719861108-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8b37a25c1713/sub-buzz-634-1719861108-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8b37a25c1713/sub-buzz-634-1719861108-1.jpg?resize=990:1485" data-crop="150.08" data-mobile-crop="150.00" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8b37a25c1713/sub-buzz-634-1719861108-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT10. They are Murial Grossfeld in the &#8217;50s and &#8217;60s, Linda Metheny in the &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, and Dominique Dawes in the &#8217;90s and 2000.
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-916-1719861133-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-916-1719861133-1.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-916-1719861133-1.jpg?resize=990:1485" data-crop="150.08" data-mobile-crop="150.00" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-916-1719861133-1.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images11. Simone shared her reaction on Twitter to securing a spot on this year&#8217;s team, writing, &#8220;WE ARE GOING TO PARIS.&#8221;
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8fca306830c4/sub-buzz-958-1719861335-2.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8fca306830c4/sub-buzz-958-1719861335-2.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8fca306830c4/sub-buzz-958-1719861335-2.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/19/asset/8fca306830c4/sub-buzz-958-1719861335-2.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Matt Blewett/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT12. Notably, the music Simone performed her Friday floor routine to featured an instrumental snippet of Taylor Swift&#8217;s song &#8220;Ready for It?&#8221;
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/951b5966d24e/sub-buzz-693-1719857047-2.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/951b5966d24e/sub-buzz-693-1719857047-2.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/951b5966d24e/sub-buzz-693-1719857047-2.jpg?resize=990:660" data-crop="66.72" data-mobile-crop="66.67" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/951b5966d24e/sub-buzz-693-1719857047-2.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images13. Taylor responded to NBC Olympics&#8217; video of the routine on Twitter by saying, &#8220;Watched this so many times and still unready. She’s ready for it tho.&#8221;
<img decoding="async" src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-787-1719859119-3.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-787-1719859119-3.jpg" data-mobile-src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-787-1719859119-3.jpg?resize=990:668" data-crop="67.52" data-mobile-crop="67.47" data-span="1" data-bfa="@o:{ignore:[bfaBinder]};" data-pin-media="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-07/1/18/asset/4e5138c4573c/sub-buzz-787-1719859119-3.jpg?downsize=600:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto" data-loaded="1" />Elsa / Getty ImagesADVERTISEMENT14. So congrats to Simone and all the athletes headed to Paris! The Olympics women&#8217;s gymnastics competition will begin on Sunday, July 28, and Peacock is the home to Olympics coverage.
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