Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team don't need to be reminded of what happened in Tokyo three years ago. Mostly because nearly all of them lived it.
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Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team don't need to be reminded of what happened in Tokyo three years ago. Mostly because nearly all of them lived it.
Biles, reigning Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 2020 floor exercise champion Jade Carey were all there inside a nearly empty and oddly silent Ariake Gymnastics Centre during a memorable two weeks that altered the course of each of their careers and in ways both big and small led them back to the Games.
They are older now - Biles is 27, Carey is 24, Chiles is 23 and Lee is 21 - and eager for what they are calling a shot at redemption.
"Everybody probably looks at the team, like 'OK, they went to Tokyo and this, this and this happened. And what are they going to do here in Paris?'" Biles said. "But for us, I know we're stronger than what we showed in Tokyo."