Simone Biles: 2024 U.S. National Championship Press Conference

[@marhadeli]

I love that she included Jade, too. It's not just Suni coming back. Simone is a team player not just a one person player. She cares for her team and understands that they are in this together. I loved the inclusiveness.

[@tv-21]

She forgot jojo

[@tv-21]

I love simone even more now that i know she's a team player!

[@DJcyberslash]

Jordan? ​@@tv-21

[@SquirtlePower809]

Shes so fantastic to support Suni like that! I'm obsessed with the team support!!

[@tanithschneider3051]

“That’s what we do as girl’s girls! “ she is awesome.

[@kristinae.7084]

Great to hear Simone's answers... I wish we could have heard the reporters' questions too!

[@flowerforsyte5671]

I'm glad she included her coaches. It's a TEAM effort.

[@tkhaskin]

Wow! A great take away here is that training yourself MENTALLY is equally important as training yourself PHYSICALLY. What a great lesson for us all. Go Simone!!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@davfb8622]

I now see male gymnasts open up about that as well. Zhang Boheng in China had a very recent interview talking about mental injury. It’s amazing the change she and others brought about now. Cos it applies to everyone

[@caitlynskiff2001]

Not a fan of the bars question. Should have worded it differently. Like, "Now that you're a bars champion, has your opinion on them changed?"

[@deepeshmathuria]

Jessica isn't known for being a great journalist

[@billyking7693]

It feels from the Q/A that happened that there might be some unfinished business on bars…it’s been historically the only place where she’s had anything even resembling a noticeable wobbliness.

[@jennyz9429]

She calrified that she looked like she wanted to murder the bars before she started. LOL

[@cindybourdelais901]

I know,shell go back and listen to that,guarantee...

[@cindybourdelais901]

Learn from her answers

[@dianelawrence2910]

Such a smart and mature lady. She rocked this press conference.

[@avantfarms]

Simone the GOAT and a true leader for the USA gymnastics!

[@valerielinares2068]

I have no gymnastics experience whatsoever, but, after all I've learned about what the environment used to be, it touches my heart to see how much Simone has changed her sport for the better. So much so that Shawn Johnson said she's grateful how Simone has changed their sport to the point that she'd feel better about allowing her children to get into gymnastics if they wanted to. I also saw an interview with Laurie Hernandez where she noticed how Jordan was having so much fun on the competition floor, hyping up the crowd and her teammates, and dancing between routines. Laurie said she and Aly talked about it and how, in their generation, they would have gotten in trouble for doing the same thing. She's so happy that herself, and her teammates, including Simone have helped contribute to the changes in the sport so that athletes like Jordan can feel comfortable being themselves and actually have fun doing a sport they love. It just made my heart happy to know that where athletes were once stifled from being themselves because they were in a toxic environment can now feel free to be themselves.

[@AnnekaMorgan]

I love not only her gymnastics, but how good of a teammate she is, such a strong leader. So stoked for the person she has become! And not related to Simone at all, I just hate that it's so difficult to hear the reporters questions. I can usually figure out the gist of it based on her response, but it's still frustrating.

[@lloydduran5039]

Simone on interview...so pleasant to hear...

[@henriettaokonkwo7356]

Waoo. Keep shinning and supporting your team that is the spirit.

[@JK-ux7pi]

Simone Biles is more than the GOAT in gymnastics performance, She is truly a class act in every way and an outstanding representative not only for her sport but for all women’s sports. Certain WNBA players could learn a lot from her example. But they won’t.

[@marshajulessa2995]

Your question about bars 😅 WTH? SMH

[@otterotterotter555]

ya what the heck

[@AmyMillan2315]

She didn't mean ot that way

[@taylorburtis]

It’s literally Jessica from Gymcastic. She asks because she has interviewed Simone dozens of times and knows how she thinks about bars. Ya’ll need to calm down lmao

[@Theoriginalprincess]

There is a way to say certain things and honestly the bars question was unnecessary

[@Taureanfitness]

I love Simone.She's so well spoken and I think it's really awesome that she was there to support Suni.I think many years ago everyone was so to themselves.There was no real team support.And I think that's really important in this sport & in every sport it makes a difference.

[@soniyasinha3496]

you are the best of the best Simone! Keep going!

[@JK-ux7pi]

Point to ponder. Gymnastics, really very much an individual sport, is one of the best examples of sportsmanship and team support. In contrast, the WNBA, a team sport, is rife with unsportsmanlike conduct and self-promotion. Why? I think it has a lot to do with culture, and Simone’s leadership plays a big part in that culture.

[@llaw1414]

I would have liked more questions directed to her coaches.

[@tanithschneider3051]

I’m so happy for her that Jonathon can be there to support her live! His career prevented him from last year. He was so cute taking the scores and cheering for her.

[@Tkatchev23]

Nobody cares about her husband and the performative stuff he’s doing.

[@billyking7693]

I liked the bars question. I appreciate your more casual and more intimate candor with these ladies because, after all, they’re people. It might have caught Simone off guard but that’s probably because everyone talks about… VT (the YDP/Biles II) FX (triple dub/Biles II, the quickening; Biles I) BB (dub dub dis/Biles “Will it come back” and mount series) So it’s not like you accused her of being bad at bars, but I think it’s interesting to hear how she might think of the apparatus where she has the fewest golds/medals, partially because it’s the only podium we don’t necessarily expect to see her on

[@kennydreadfuls861]

I agree. It allows for the athlete to drop the media training and maybe laugh a bit.

[@billyking7693]

Media training pisses me off, hence Cecile’s comment about press pressure

[@cassandrakeaton2666]

Oh okay she's the only gymnast that ever fell backwards

[@ANURABOTHEJU-x3v]

🌹🌹👏👏💕

[@fast.track.finance]

♥

[@analigiadesousasousa4741]

❤️🇧🇷🇺🇲

[@aztn]

the bars question was so STUPID

[@skipfluck4299]

Simone will always be known for her choke and quitting on her team in Japan. Japan did not allow Simone to take her Adderall. That is a bad substance there. The Japanese feel it’s gives a competitor and unfair advantage.

[@Yourgirldestiny-v1d]

Should retire and let others have a chance. She literally landed on her back on the vault.

[@fyouman7]

Are you ok?

[@kristinae.7084]

And she still won vault and won all-around because of her insane difficulty levels. You jealous?

[@ravdog5265]

She literally landed on her feet and fell safely, plus she literally landed it the first day of the championships. She has fallen backwards like that twice but landed it great way more.

[@Taureanfitness]

I'm sorry that was a very dumb.Comment, no.She should not retire, she's ridiculously awesome and she's killing it.She's top in the world bar none! She has changed Not only gymnastics , but she's changed the world and she should keep going as long as her body allows her And for as long as she so desires

[@Taureanfitness]

I love how she pays homage to the older Olympians.But tries not to say old like Serena Williams and Tiger Woods.She's so politically correct l o l gotta love simone