Actually — you can call it a comeback.
“This is definitely our redemption tour. I feel like we all have more to give,” Simone Biles told reporters at a late-night press conference on Sunday, June 30, not long after being selected as part of the five-person women’s gymnastics team heading to the Paris Olympics next month.
Biles will compete alongside Suni Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera.
Four of them, minus Rivera, were also all together at the Tokyo Games, in 2021, which saw them earn a team silver and five individual medals, including the all-around gold for Lee.
But their events were in some ways overshadowed by Biles’ struggles at the time: She suddenly withdrew from most of her events, citing her mental health and a case of the “twisties,” and her teammates had to step up, unexpectedly, in her absence.
On Sunday, Lee and Biles both brought up the idea of “redemption” in returning …