Simone Biles spotted with teary eyes and puffy face as she gets emotional after her gymnastics tour ends
DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Simone Biles, the 27-year-old Olympic gymnast, was spotted with teary eyes and a puffy face as she got emotional at the end of her Gold Over America Tour, enjoying a mimosa at an airport and reflecting on the experience.
The memorable moment was captured in a series of Instagram Stories shared on Biles' account on Sunday, November 3, signifying the end of the multi-city tour in Detroit, which included appearances by Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera.
Simone Biles reflects on final day of Gold Over America tour with emotional posts
Simone Biles began her series of posts with a brief video of herself smiling on a gymnastics mat, captioning it, "Last show day 🥹 bittersweet."
The video concluded with a photograph of Biles embracing Jordan Chiles, 23, and Joscelyn Roberson. She also uploaded a collage featuring four images where she appears emotional in a black hoodie, holding up a mimosa.
"A series ...... 🤍," she wrote over the collage. The tour kicked off in Oceanside, California, in early September, shortly after the 2024 Summer Olympics, where Biles secured four medals, becoming an 11-time Olympic medalist.
Simone Biles' special moment with husband Jonathan Owens after end of tour
Before the tour began, Simone Biles told PEOPLE her excitement about embarking on the tour, having taken time off to prepare both "mentally and physically."
"Truthfully, I’ve only gone into the gym to practice a handful of times because of my schedule. I've barely been home, but my body needed this break, so I’m not mad about it," she stated at that moment.
Shortly before her tour concluded, Simone Biles was visited by her husband, Jonathan Owens, the Chicago Bears safety, who utilized his Bye Week to spend time with her.
Biles documented the visit in an Instagram post, which featured photos of them at an arcade and sharing a meal.
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While the gymnast has not confirmed her participation in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, Owens, 29, has previously said that "whatever she chooses," he will "support her one thousand percent."
"If she feels like it is time to focus on life... because when you are locked in, you do have to sacrifice a lot and you do miss a lot," Owens said, before adding, "That's the one thing that she would just have to figure out for herself. And like I said, man, I'm here to support her a thousand percent and whatever she decides to do."