Despite winning three gold medals in Paris to become the most decorated gymnast in Olympic history, Simone Biles still cried after her latest milestone.
The 27-year-old American, who now has 11 Olympic medals to her name, including seven gold, revealed she felt overwhelmed as she walked back to the Olympic Village in Paris with her teammates from the women’s floor final on Monday.
Biles’ summer haul includes team gold, all-around gold, best vault and floor silver.
“Yesterday, when we got back to the village, I looked at Jordan (Chiles) and I started crying,” Biles said on the ‘TODAY’ show on Tuesday.
“She said, ‘I knew it was going to happen, but I didn’t know when.’ I was so full of emotion and I finally let it all out.”
Simone Biles let her emotions get the best of her after her final event at the Olympics on Monday.
Biles won silver in the women’s floor exercise final after already winning three gold medals.
Biles clarified: “I felt so proud, so happy and so bittersweet that the journey is over. It’s crazy, it happened so fast. My third Olympics.”
While the Spring, Texas, native hasn’t ruled out her chances of competing in a fourth Olympics, she also hasn’t confirmed what the future holds for her.
“You never say never,” Biles told “TODAY” show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. “The next Olympics are going to be at home (in Los Angeles), so you never know.”
The gymnast added: “I’m just going to relax and see where life takes me.”
Biles won four medals to bring her total tally to 11 and is now the most decorated gymnast in history.
But first, before she even packed her bags to go home, Biles received a plea from former U.S. gymnastics teammate MyKayla Skinner to end the online harassment she’s been facing since she criticized the Olympian before the start of the Games.
Former US first lady Michelle Obama also defended Biles for bowing to Brazilian rival Rebeca Andrade after the women’s floor final. Biles placed second in the event, while Chiles took bronze.
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey initially criticized Biles and Chiles for their gesture on the podium during the medal ceremony.
Meanwhile, Biles went to therapy “three or four times” during the Paris Olympics to overcome her anxiety between events, also known as “Twisties” in gymnastics.
