Simone Biles Takes Top Spot at U.S. Classic Gymnastics Competition 2018

Simone Biles Takes Top Spot at U.S. Classic Gymnastics Competition 2018

Simone Biles stands proud on the podium in the number one spot after competing in the 2018 U.S. Classic gymnastics seniors event held at Jerome Schottenstein Center on Saturday (July 28) in Columbus, Ohio.

The 21-year-old Olympian won the all-around competition, with Riley McCusker coming in second, and Morgan Hurd in third.

“I was nervous with how I would handle it all,” Simone shared with press afterwards. “To come off bars, where I had a fall, and go to beam and put up a strong routine, I was pretty proud of how I handled it.”

Simone also opened up about coming back to competition after taking two years off.

“This time is for me to come back and have fun and really enjoy the sport and not set so many expectations for myself because I met a lot of those in the last quad. I feel like now I don’t have to be so nervous, walking on eggshells, because we already achieved what we did in Rio.”

She adds, “We’re already Olympians at this point, where before you were kind of nervous that everything you did could mess up whatever you wanted to do. I’m coming back and doing what I want to do, and I’m not doing it for anybody else.”

Simone is still planning on going to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

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