Olympics 2024: Never say never, says Biles on 2028 Olympics participation
Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going.
Maybe.
Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career on Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that even at 27 she remains in a class by herself, she played coy when asked if the event marked the final time she would ever explode off the springboard in competition.
While Biles allowed she was officially retiring her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault because I kind of nailed that one at the Paris Olympics, she didn't rule out a return to the Games when they move to Los Angeles in 2028.
Never say never, Biles said. Next Olympics are at home. So you just never know. I am getting really old.
At times, it's hard to tell.
Her sequined red leotard a blur in the air, Biles averaged 15.300 on her two vaults to claim a second gold in the event eight years after she triumphed in Rio de Janeiro.
Three years ago in the run-up to Tokyo she tinkered with the