Biles was joined by teammates including Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey in the snapshots
From left: Jade Carey, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera. PHOTO:
Simone Biles and her fellow U.S. gymnastics team members have landed in Paris!
In a new behind-the-scenes photo shared on her Instagram, the 27-year-old athlete was joined by teammates Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisha Lee and Hezly Rivera as they all posed in their uniforms for a photo after landing in the French capital ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
The team — who also includes traveling replacement athletes Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong, as well as non-traveling replacement athletes Kaliya Lincoln and Tiana Sumanasekera — has only just arrived in Paris, after Biles posted a TikTok earlier this week of the crew’s “last practice” at their “home gym.”
The new snap, posted on Sunday, July 21, shows Biles holding hands with Chiles, 23, as Carey, 24, and Lee, 21, stand on either side of the pair with their arms thrown in the air. All four women are smiling in the snapshot, and also pose next to Rivera, 16, in a second pic posted on Biles’ Instagram.
In the second photo, the athletes throw up some peace signs and kissy faces inside of what appears to be a French gym, as Biles captioned both images with French flags.
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Biles’ Paris post comes just days after the team appeared in a TikTok posted by Biles, in which she told fans that the group was “off to Paris” after their final day of practice in the U.S.
The video featured Biles and her teammates doing their thing during floor routines, on balance beams and amid other workouts — as they had some fun showing a little before-and-after look at each.
“And that closes out our practice for today,” Biles said in the clip, before jokingly rolling her eyes and switching to a frame of her teammates saying goodbye.
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With the U.S. cheering for the gymnastics team, Biles, the most decorated gymnast ever, also has some additional support from her husband, Jonathan Owens. Earlier this month, the NFL star, 28, told PEOPLE it’s “super exciting” to see Biles — whom he’s been married to for a year — become a member of her third Olympic team.
“It’s super exciting just because I get a chance to see all the work that she puts in prior to, and you know what? Everything she goes through and dealing with the media and everything, and she still goes out there and does it,” Owens said. “It’s just impressive and goes to her training mindset and consistency. That’s the biggest thing is how consistent.”
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Source: Los Angeles Times (edited)
