Simone Biles proudly showed off her diamond-encrusted goat necklace after winning the all-around final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, as depicted in the above photograph. Getty Images Biles, seen proudly displaying the necklace, is often referred to as the the G.O.A.T. (meaning Greatest of All Time) in women’s gymnastics. Getty Images The Olympian, seen smiling with her statement-making necklace at the 2024 Paris Games above, has leaned into the nickname before. Getty Images
According to the designer, Biles commissioned the piece herself. It represents her “dedication, perseverance, and the spirit that has inspired generations.”
Of course, Biles is often referred to as the G.O.A.T. (meaning Greatest of All Time) in women’s gymnastics — having led Team USA to two team final gold medals in two out of the last three Olympics she’s competed in.
Biles’ all-around final win Thursday marked her ninth Olympic medal, with four of them being gold. She became the most decorated U.S. gymnast of all time with the team victory on Tuesday .
In addition to holding nine Olympic medals, Biles also has 30 World Championship medals to her name.
Biles wore a leotard with a sparkling goat embellishment in 2021 at the US Gymnastics Championships, as seen above. Getty Images Biles, seen above rocking a goat-embellished leotard during the Senior Women’s competition of the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, said she opted for the decoration to “hit back at the haters.” Getty Images
The Paris Olympics wasn’t the first time the Olympian leaned into her G.O.A.T. status.
She previously wore a leotard adorned with a sparkling goat in 2021 at the US Gymnastics Championships. She stuck true to the nickname by earning her seventh women’s all-around title at the event.
She told Marie Claire at the time that the point of the goat was to “hit back at the haters.”
“[The haters] were joking like, ‘I swear, if she put a goat on her leo, blah, blah, blah.’ That would make them so angry. And then I was like, ‘Oh, that’s actually a good idea. Let’s make the haters hate it, and the fans love it.’ And so that’s exactly what we did and why we did it,” she explained.
Biles’ all-around final win Thursday marked her ninth Olympic medal. She can be seen smiling with her newest medal on Thursday above. PA Images via Getty Images Biles, seen posing with her goat necklace and the second gold medal of the 2024 Olympic Games above, previously dubbed this year’s competition as her “redemption tour” after she withdrew from the team competition in Tokyo in 2020. Getty Images She dropped out of the competition due to the twisties — prompting haters to doubt her ahead of the Paris Olympics. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I
Even Biles’ former teammate MyKayla Skinner critiqued her teammates — Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles — recently by claiming they “don’t have the work ethic” to win.
After their first-place finish, though, Biles seemingly fired back at Skinner by captioning her celebratory Instagram post, “lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions ❤️🥇🇺🇸 .”
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