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14 Mind-Blowing Photos That Capture Simone Biles's Winning Performance At The Olympic Gymnastic Trials

1.On Sunday, Simone Biles qualified for the 2024 Olympics women's gymnastics team.

Simone Biles performs a gymnastics routine in a leotard with a sparkle design in front of an audience
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2.She won the all-around title at the trials, which began Thursday and were held at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Simone Biles performs a flip on the balance beam during a gymnastics competition, wearing a star-covered leotard
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3.Simone will attend her third Olympics, following appearances at the 2016 event in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 event (held in 2021) in Tokyo. She has seven Olympic medals in total and has won gold four times.

Simone Biles in a leotard performs on the floor exercise in front of an enthusiastic crowd and photographers
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4.She's one of five gymnasts who'll comprise the US women's team later this month in Paris.

Simone Biles performs a complex routine on the uneven bars during a gymnastics competition, with an audience watching in the background
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5.She's joined by her 2020 teammates Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles, as well as athletes Hezly Rivera and Jade Carey. Jade competed as an individual in 2016.

Simone Biles performs a split jump on the balance beam at a gymnastics competition, with a crowd watching in the background
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6.In a post-competition interview on Sunday with NBC, she credited "being in a good mental spot" and seeing her therapist weekly with getting her to the trials.

Simone Biles is captured mid-air in a gymnastics routine, performing on the uneven bars in a practice session. She is wearing a dynamic sparkling leotard
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7.Simone, who is 27 years old, is set to become the country's oldest female gymnast to compete at the Olympics since the 1950s.

Simone Biles performs a backflip on the balance beam at a gymnastics competition with an audience in the background
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8."I knew I wasn't done after the performances in Tokyo. So just getting back in the gym and working hard and trusting the process with [coaches] Cécile and Laurent [Landi], I knew I'd be back," she told NBC.

Simone Biles performs a handstand on uneven bars during a gymnastics competition, wearing a leotard with starry details
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9.Simone soon will join an elite group of American women gymnasts to compete in three Olympics.

Simone Biles performs a handstand on a gymnastics vault during a competition, wearing a red, white, and blue leotard with the number 233
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10.They are Murial Grossfeld in the '50s and '60s, Linda Metheny in the '60s and '70s, and Dominique Dawes in the '90s and 2000.

Simone Biles mid-air performing a vault routine during a gymnastics competition
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11.Simone shared her reaction on Twitter to securing a spot on this year's team, writing, "WE ARE GOING TO PARIS."

Simone Biles mid-air performing a gymnastics routine in front of a large audience. She is wearing a patriotic leotard with a blue and red design
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12.Notably, the music Simone performed her Friday floor routine to featured an instrumental snippet of Taylor Swift's song "Ready for It?"

Simone Biles performing an aerial twist on the blue gymnastics floor during the Olympic Trials. Bystanders and spectators watch in the background
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13.Taylor responded to NBC Olympics' video of the routine on Twitter by saying, "Watched this so many times and still unready. She’s ready for it tho."

Simone Biles performs a gymnastics routine on the floor, wearing a leotard. Spectators and photographers are in the background
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14.So congrats to Simone and all the athletes headed to Paris! The Olympics women's gymnastics competition will begin on Sunday, July 28, and Peacock is the home to Olympics coverage.

Simone Biles performing a rhythmic pose in a USA leotard at a gymnastics event
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