Simone Biles Reveals Her Thoughts On A 2028 Olympic Encore

Simone Biles may not be done breaking Olympic records.

The 27-year-old gymnast spoke in a press conference on August 3rd after nailing her individual vault competition and earning her seventh Olympic gold, which brought her overall medal count to ten. The feat made Simone the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history.

After reporters asked if the Paris games would be her last, she hinted that we could see her in four years.

“This is my last, definitely Yurchenko double pike,” she joked while referring to her jaw-dropping vault. “I mean, I kind of nailed that one. So never say never.”

“The home Games — the next Olympics is at home,” Simone continued. “So you just never know. But I am getting really old.”

The 2028 games will take place in Los Angeles. The last time the U.S. hosted the Summer Olympics was in 1996.

Simone Biles Says Her Age May Keep Her From A Fourth Olympics

When Simone Biles earned her most recent spot on Team USA, she was the oldest gymnast to do so since 1952 when Marian Barone, 28, Meta Elste-Neumann, 28, Dorothy Dalton, 30, and Marie Margaret Hoesly, 35, represented the country.

If Simone Biles does compete in the next round of games, it will be her fourth Olympics. The legendary gymnast made her debut during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, where she won four golds and one bronze. Simone went on to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Games but had to drop out after experiencing a dangerous phenomenon called “ the twisties ,” which is when a gymnast loses their body perception mid-air. Before leaving, she won a silver and a bronze.

While she is by no means “old,” Simone admitted that the wisdom that comes with age gives her a disadvantage. But she still loves to “flip” because “not many people in the world can do it to this level.”

“It’s just kind of like once we’re out here, the floor is our stage,” she continued. “So it just feels so freeing for us because we’re in our element. We’re having fun. We’re doing what we love to do.”

“I think that’s why I enjoy it so much,” Simone added. “But yeah, at a certain point, as we get older, it does get a little bit more scary, and we’re more aware of what we’re doing … but always fun.”

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