Magic Johnson Recalls Spending Time With Simone Biles, Marvels At Her Continued Success at the Olympics

Simone Biles simply gained her sixth Olympic gold medal, additional cementing her legacy as one of many best gymnasts ever. Magic Johnson took to X, previously Twitter, to congratulate her on her win and shared a clip from 2016 when he met her for the primary time.

The Corridor of Famer reminisced about talking with Biles and her dad and mom after her maiden Olympic gold medal win in Rio. He wrote,

“It’s really superb that in 2017, I sat with Simone and her dad and mom within the fitness center they personal in Houston discussing her first Olympic all-around gold medal in Rio (2016), and she or he’s simply gained once more right this moment in 2024.”

The Lakers icon referred to as her ‘essentially the most embellished Olympic gymnast’ and shared his pleasure about watching her compete in her upcoming particular person occasions later this week.

Biles gained the Creative Particular person All-Round occasion for the second time in her Olympics profession, eight years after her first win in Rio. She beat Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade by a slender margin and gained her second gold medal in Paris after Group USA’s victory within the Group All-Round occasion.

Her Particular person All-Round gold medal win noticed her break the tie with 4 different ladies and change into the third-most profitable feminine gymnast in Olympic historical past. Solely Soviet Union’s Larisa Latynina (9) and Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska (7) have gained extra gold medals than Biles.

It was her ninth Olympic medal win which noticed her climb to fifth on the all-time ladies’s gymnastics tally. She trails Latynina (18), Caslavska (11), Hungary’s Agnes Kaleti (10), and Soviet Union’s Polina Astakhova (10). The 27-year-old will compete in three extra occasions and is predicted to win a medal, if not the gold, in all three.

Biles might go away Paris tied with Latynina on 9 gold medals and the second-most general behind the Soviet Union gymnast with 11. It stays to be seen whether or not she will be able to end within the prime three in her remaining occasions and head house with 5 medals.

Even when she fails to win one other medal over the subsequent two weeks, her legacy as one in all, if not the best gymnast ever has already been etched in stone. Along with her exploits on the Olympics, she has gained 23 gold medals within the Creative Gymnastics World Championship, essentially the most in historical past.

At solely 27, Biles is already essentially the most embellished gymnast the world has ever seen. Nevertheless, she isn’t content material. The six-time Olympic gold medalist needs so as to add three extra to her tally and tie Latynina’s file for essentially the most wins for a girl gymnast. She’s on the verge of rewriting historical past and Magic Johnson is worked up to witness it.