Simone Biles
In gymnastics, Simone Biles captured her 20th world championship gold medal as Team USA won its seventh consecutive title in Antwerp Belgium on October 4. Simone Biles has been the most acclaimed gymnast to ever compete with 33 gold medals she has won at world competitions and at the Olympics. Biles completed a very difficult vault just three days prior, which no woman had ever attempted on a stage of competition internationally. Before it was known as Biles' Yurchenko double pike vault, the skill has been renamed the Biles II. The record-breaking gymnast who is taking part in her debut international meet since 2021, will be competing in an all-around individual final on the evening of October 6. Simone, born in Columbus Ohio in 1997 was removed from her home by her mother due to an addiction. Her siblings and she were taken into foster care. Ron, her maternal grandfather as well as Nellie the wife of his former nurse took in the children. At six years of age they adopted Simone ...