Article 6DJ3F Simone Biles quietly returns to gymnastics with plenty left to offer

Simone Biles quietly returns to gymnastics with plenty left to offer

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Bryan Armen Graham
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The greatest gymnast of all time returns to competition on Saturday for the first time in 732 days. Reports from a recent national team camp indicate she's got plenty in the tank

All eyes will be on Simone Biles when the seven-time Olympic medalist hailed as the greatest gymnast of all time returns to competition for the first time in more than two years on Saturday at the US Classic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, in the northwest Chicago suburbs.

The anticipation has mounted ever since 26-year-old from greater Houston quietly added her name to the entry list for the traditional tune-up event ahead of the US national championships later this month. The meet will be the first time Biles has competed since the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, where she won team silver and an individual bronze on beam while withdrawing from a majority of her event finals while dealing with a bout of the twisties', the dangerous phenomenon where gymnasts are separated from their sense of spatial awareness.

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