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Simone Biles has her oculus connected adjacent much gold. Ten years aft winning her archetypal nationalist title, the Olympian took location her record-breaking 8th triumph astatine the U.S. Gymnastics Championships connected August 27. Her newest level routine, afloat of jaw-dropping twists and moves, sealed her triumph arsenic the all-around champion.
The level regular that secured @Simone_Biles' 8th nationalist all-around title, a feat that nary American gymnast successful past has done before. #XfinityChamps pic.twitter.com/yRhHxSEcY1
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 28, 2023
The newlywed sparkled successful a achromatic and metallic sequin leotard for the last time of the U.S. National Championships, which took spot successful San Jose, California. She effortlessly nailed each of her astir challenging moves during the routine. The 26-year-old is present the archetypal gymnast successful past to triumph 8 nationalist championships — and the oldest. Her 8th nationalist title rubric broke a tie with Olympian Alfred Jochim.
“I deliberation it feels truly special,” Simone told NBC aft her win. “I’ve been doing it for truthful long, I consciousness similar I don’t deliberation astir numbers, I deliberation astir my performance. And I think, overall, I deed 8 for 8 [routines]. It’s 8. I conjecture it’s a fortunate fig this year.”
When asked astir her personal goals with gymnastics, Simone said she was keeping them adjacent to her thorax for now. She refused to accidental if the 2024 Summer Olympics successful 2024 was her eventual goal.
The 26-year-old, who married NFL subordinate Jonathan Owens successful May 2023, is feeling much supported than ever aft winning her latest nationalist title. “Everybody successful present believes successful me,” she said, giving a shoutout to her teammates, coaches, and the crowd. “So I conscionable request to commencement believing successful myself a small spot more, but it feels astonishing and I emotion the fans, I emotion the crowd. It was truly special.”
Simone Biles astatine the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. (JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Simone is making an incredible comeback to gymnastics aft a two-year interruption pursuing the 2021 Summer Olympics. In Tokyo, Simone pulled retired of respective gymnastics events, including the last idiosyncratic all-around competition. At the time, Simone was suffering from the “twisties,” a intelligence artifact that Simone told the satellite was the “craziest feeling ever.” She admitted that having the twisties means you “literally tin not archer up from down.”
The twisties are a happening of the past now. Now that she’s won different all-around rubric astatine the U.S. National Championships, Simone has qualified for the satellite championships. The 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships volition statesman September 30 successful Antwerp, Belgium.
