Simone Biles won in her first gymnastics meet since October 2019, landed her new vault and launched into what should be an historic and perhaps final Olympic season.
She wasn’t perfect, but has two months to fix the flaws.
Biles, the four-time Rio gold medalist wearing a rhinestone goat on the back of her leotard, prevailed at the U.S. Classic, a tune-up for the year’s biggest meets: U.S. Championships, Olympic Trials and Tokyo Games.
Biles totaled 58.4 points. She hasn’t lost an all-around in eight years. Training partner Jordan Chiles took second, 1.