Simone Biles last competed in gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. After stepping away from the sport to prioritize her mental health and start a new chapter in her personal life, the 26-year-old sports icon returned to the mat in a major way. On Sunday, Aug. 27, Biles made history, winning her eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships in San Jose, California. With the victory, she surpassed every gymnast, male or female, as the winningest athlete in the sport and became the oldest woman ever to take...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones. Florida junior Leanne Wong claimed third, bolstering her chances of making a third consecutive world championship team. Biles is all but assured of...

San Jose, Calif. -- If there is an equivalent of a walk-off homer in gymnastics, it is Simone Biles competing last on floor. Biles clinched a record eighth U.S. national all-around title Sunday with the most flawless performance she has given since returning to competitive gymnastics at U.S. Classics three weeks ago. "That was the best floor routine I've ever seen her do," her coach, Laurent Landi, said. As Biles struck the ending pose on a routine that earned her a sixth national floor title, the crowd erupted in a...

With her first step back out of the way, Biles felt and looked like her old self, winning her eighth all-around national title with a two-day score of 118.40. Biles posted a 59.300 on Friday and followed up with a 59.150 on Sunday — without competing her Yurchenko double pike on vault, which commands a massive score because of its unparalleled difficulty. Biles is the first American gymnast to win eight national titles and, at 26, is the oldest woman to win. Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, who won at 24 in 1971,...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The music was blaring, people were chattering and cheering, and the equipment was rattling. But the most ear-catching sound at Sunday’s U.S. Gymnastics Championships wasn’t even the roars that erupted every time Simone Biles’ name was announced, or the standing ovation after her stunning floor routine finale. It was the awe-struck silence that somehow cut through the noise as the crowd tore its attention away from all else. Whatever was happening on bars or vault or beam seemingly didn’t...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones. Florida junior Leanne Wong claimed third, bolstering her chances of making a third straight world championship team. Biles is all but assured of...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport as a teenage prodigy. Biles, now a 26-year-old newlywed considered perhaps the greatest of all time, posted an all-around two-day total of 118.40, four points clear of runner-up Shilese Jones. Florida junior Leanne Wong claimed third, bolstering her chances of making a third straight world championship team. Biles is all but assured of...

SAN JOSE — When it was all over and Simone Biles had finished her magical performance on the floor at the SAP Center, San Jose let her hear it. The entire place went into a frenzy, fans leaping to their feet, little girls crying and adults shaking their heads in disbelief. Biles hugged her coaches, fist-bumped her teammates, waved to the crowd and finally bent over to catch her breath. It was all over. With her high-flying floor routine in which she at one point took a symbolic bow before...