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Simone Biles

Noa Kirel poses for photographers at the European MTV Awards 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany, November 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Martin Meissner)
August 9, 2023, 4:23 am
Noa Kirel to make US concert debut at Madison Square Garden in 2024
Eurovision candidate will be second ever-Israeli to headline performance at 20,000-seat NYC arena, though she has sold-out bigger venues back home
By julia GERGELY
Simone Biles warms up at the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
August 6, 2023, 11:10 am
Simone Biles begins comeback to the beat of Noa Kirel’s ‘Unicorn’
‘I feel really good about where I am right now, mentally and physically, ‘ US gymnast says after coming in first place overall in first meet since Tokyo Olympics
By ToI Staff and Agencies
United States gymnasts from left, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols, arrive to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
September 17, 2021, 9:01 am
US Olympic gymnasts accuse FBI of turning a ‘blind eye’ to sex abuse reports
‘Being here today is taking everything I have,’ said gymnast Aly Raisman in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, will graves and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
August 3, 2021, 1:52 pm
Simone Biles takes home a bronze in balance beam in Olympic return
US gymnast, who made headlines after withdrawing from most events at the Tokyo Games to focus on her mental health, earns a seventh career Olympic medal
By will graves
Coach Laurent Landi embraces Simone Biles, after she exited the team final, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP/Gregory Bull)
August 2, 2021, 4:11 pm
US gymnastics star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals
Having removed herself from team final after a shaky performance last week, the six-time Olympic medalist will compete Tuesday for another medal
By will graves
Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, July 27, 2021. (Ashley Landis/AP)
July 28, 2021, 11:59 am
US Olympic gymnastics champ Biles withdraws from all-around competition
Superstar will not defend her title on Thursday; no decision yet on her participation in individual apparatus contests next week, for which she is in all 4 finals
By Agencies
US's Simone Biles competes in the vault event of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Martin BUREAU / AFP)
July 27, 2021, 5:52 pm
In stunner, US gymnastics phenom Biles quits Tokyo final; Russia takes gold
American team’s greatest hope withdraws due to mental health concerns following wonky vault routine; Team USA falls to squad of Russian athletes for first time since 1992
By Agencies
Simone Biles and Sasha Farber on March 2, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
July 24, 2021, 4:02 am
Meet the Jewish choreographer Simone Biles hopes will ‘spice up’ Olympic routine
Sasha Farber and gold-medal gymnast hoping to build on performance during 17th season of Dancing with the Stars, where they placed fourth
By EVELYN FRICK
First Lady Michelle Obama jokingly rests her arm on US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles alongside President Barack Obama (R) at a ceremony honoring US Olympians in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, September 29, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
October 1, 2016, 10:26 am
Obama hosts families of black athletes snubbed at Nazis’ 1936 Olympics
President says it was African-American athletes ‘under gaze of Hitler’ who ‘put lie to notions of racial superiority’
By STEPHEN WHYNO
Athletes from the Netherlands parade during the closing ceremony for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
August 22, 2016, 2:33 am
Samba, reflections and pride in final Rio Olympics party
Celebrating its ‘marvelous’ city, the picturesque metropolis breathes a festive sigh of relief at the successful conclusion of the 2016 summer Games
By PETER PRENGAMAN and Mauricio SAVARESE
US gymnast Simone Biles (R) and her compatriot Alexandra Raisman celebrate after the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNAND)
August 16, 2016, 9:58 pm
Raisman takes silver at Rio in head-to-head with teammate Biles
Jewish-American gymnast earns third medal in 2016 games, sixth overall in Olympic career
By ToI Staff
Russia's Aliya Mustafina (right), and Americans Simone Biles (center) and Alexandra Raisman (left) on the podium of the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 11, 2016. (AFP/Ben Stansall)
August 12, 2016, 2:00 am
Olympic women’s all-around champions: A Christian, a Jew and a Muslim
Awe-inspiring performances in a close match-up between American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, and Russian Aliya Mustafina, are a cross-section of faith, race and nationality
By ToI Staff and AFP
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