Biles spearheads US bid to reassert Olympic gymnastics supremacy


Simone Biles of the United States practices the uneven bars during a gymnastics training session at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

PARIS: Simone Biles headlines a US women’s squad on a “redemption” mission at the Paris Olympics, where the gymnastics great is favoured to add to her stash of four gold medals after a turbulent Tokyo campaign.

Amid Biles’ highly publicised troubles with the “twisties” and her withdrawal from multiple events at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, the US women settled for team silver.

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