'I knew I wasn’t done': Gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles qualifies for Paris 2024

US gymnastics legend Simone Biles is officially back on deck for Team USA at this year's Paris Olympics after qualifying for the team over the weekend.

The 27-year-old secured her spot in the team at the US Olympic trials in Minneapolis on Sunday with a two-day all-round score of 117.225.

Biles' routine started with the Taylor Swift song 'Ready for It?' and the Grammy-winning singer posted on X: "Watched this so many times and still unready. She’s ready for it tho."

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Paris will be Biles's third Olympic appearance, and it follows a troubled 2020 campaign in Tokyo where she suffered from 'twisties,' a complete loss of awareness whilst in the air.

She had picked up a silver and a bronze at that point but withdrew from the remaining events – and the sport – for over two years. But despite what everything thought, Biles was not done.

"I knew I wasn’t done after the performances in Tokyo," Biles said, as reported by the BBC. "I just had to get back in the gym, work hard and trust the process. I knew I would be back."

Biles completes the Paris-bound US women's gymnastics team alongside Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera. Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong have also been announced as travelling alternates.

Biles made her return to competition last October at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp after two years away from the sport.

Even after two a year absence, the greatest gymnast of all time didn't fail in dominating the competition, coming away with four gold medals and a silver.

According to Olympics.com, Biles said following the Antwerp event that: "I had to prove to myself that I could still get out here, twist, I could prove all the haters wrong, that I'm not a quitter, this, that, the other."

"I didn't care as long as I'm out there twisting again, having fun, and finding the joy for gymnastics again. Who cares?"

On the event's final day, Biles won her 29th and 30th career medals at the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships, holding the record for most medals.

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This includes 23 gold medals, the most golds in world championship history for an athlete of either sex.

When advancing to the medal round at the world championships in the last ten years, Biles has come away with a medal all but three times (Bars 2013, 2019,2023).

Her unparalleled dominance in the sport of gymnastics can only be compared to a select few of the sport's greatest-ever athletes.

After missing out on gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Biles will be champing at the bit to return and create an even bigger legacy on the greatest stage of all.

Simone Biles has seven Olympic medals, putting her ninth all-time in women's gymnastics and joint first with Shannon Miller for most by a US Gymnast.

At the Rio Olympics in 2016, Biles set an American record for most gold medals won by a US gymnast at a single game, winning four out of the five events she entered.

To become the most successful gymnast at the Olympic Games, Biles would have to win 12 more medals to beat Russian Larisa Latynina (18).

To do that, Biles would have to beat up-and-coming star Rebeca Andrade, who shared all five podiums with Biles at the World Championships in October.

Whatever happens from now, Biles has cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all time and potentially even the greatest athlete after her comeback display.

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