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Mon Jul 1, 2024, 07:09 PM Jul 2024

Simone Biles will return to the Olympics. Here's who else made the USA Women's Gymnastics team

Simone Biles is eager for a chance to put the Tokyo Olympics firmly in her rearview mirror.

Three years after she memorably pulled out of multiple finals to protect her mental health and safety — a decision that came with a backlash that still litters her social media feed — Biles headlines a U.S. women’s gymnastics team filled with familiar faces eyeing a shot at redemption in Paris.

Biles will be joined by reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 floor exercise champion gold medalist Jade Carey, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 16-year-old newcomer Hezly Rivera, who will find herself competing next to a couple of her idols as the Americans try to reclaim the spot atop the Olympic podium they ceded to Russia in Japan.

Meet the oldest women’s gymnastics team the U.S. has ever taken to the Games.

https://apnews.com/article/olympics-usa-gymnastics-women-simone-biles-08ffe983d92224c583980735e196d963

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