Simone Biles Takes Issue With Question at Olympics: ‘Don’t Ask That’.. full details below 👇 👇
Simone Biles is tired of being asked “what’s next?”Simone Biles leaves the 2024 Olympics in Paris with the experience being a smashing success, but there is one question that the superstar is tired of being asked.What’s next?After Biles won her 11th career Olympic medal and fourth at the Paris Games, NBC Sports’ Zora Stephenson posed the following question to Biles.“You’ve won, you’ve persevered, you’ve won again, you’ve inspired. What else is there for you to do?” Stephenson said in the August 5, 2024, broadcast interview.“Don’t ask that question,” Biles remarked with a smile in the gymnast’s typical polite fashion.Stephenson quickly clarified her initial question, wondering what else Biles can still accomplish in gymnastics.“I know you don’t want me to ask it. I’m not asking what’s next. I’m just asking what else is there for you to do in gymnastics?” Stephenson clarified.“Nothing. Relax,” Biles responded.Simone Biles on the ‘What’s Next’ Question: ‘Let Us Soak Up the Moment We’ve Worked Our Whole Lives for’For context, Biles took to social media to give reporters a bit of advice prior to her final competition in Paris. The summary of Biles’ mindset: let athletes stay in the moment.“You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics,” Biles said in a series of August 4 messages on X. “Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for.”