PARIS (Reuters) – Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, left the door open to possibly competing at the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 after winning her third gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday.
Asked if the Paris Games would be the last time she would ever vault in competition, the 27-year-old American said: “Never say never. The next Olympics is at home, so you just never know. But I am getting really old.”
Biles has captured gold medals in all three women’s events contested so far in Paris: the team event, the all-around and the vault. She now owns 10 Olympic medals overall, including seven gold.
Biles’ health has been in the spotlight even since she withdrew from several events at the Tokyo Games after experiencing the “twisties,” a condition involving the temporary loss of spatial awareness experienced by some gymnasts when completing high-difficulty elements.
She took a two-year hiatus from the sport after the Tokyo Games but returned to qualify for Paris with the help of a therapist and the support for her teammates.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Chang-Ran Kim, Karen Braun, Rory Carroll; editing by Pritha Sarkar)
