Going into this year’s Paris Olympics, there was a lot of excitement about Simone Biles’s return to the competition and, along with it, speculation that the Games — her third — would be her last. Yet after dominating in Paris, the 11-time Olympic medalist told Hoda Kotb on Today that she isn’t ruling out competing in 2028.
Despite Biles’s recent suggestion that people stop asking athletes who have just won an Olympic medal what they’re doing next, she humored Kotb’s question about whether she was saying good-bye to the sport. “Never say never,” the gymnast said. “The next Olympics is on home turf, so you just never know.” Asked if that means she’s planning to compete, Biles said she’s “just going to relax and see where life takes” her. Most professional gymnasts retire in their 20s, something Biles is well aware of. On Saturday, after winning her seventh gold medal, she told reporters that she hasn’t made a decision about 2028 and added that she’s “getting really old.”
With seven Olympic gold medals and 30 World Championship medals, she’s already the most decorated gymnast of all time. But if we’ve learned anything about Biles, it’s that no one should count her out. After all, some people guessed she’d retire four years ago.
