Aly Raisman congratulates \”GOAT\” Simone Biles on SI’s Sportsperson of the Year award

Aly Raisman expressed her admiration for her 2016 Rio Games teammate Simone Biles after the later received the SI Sportsperson of the Year Award. Biles was honored with the award for her 2024 Paris Olympics heroics. Biles and Raisman were present on the red carpet for Sports Illustrated Sportive of the Year Awards, held in Las Vegas on Tuesday January 7, 2025. At the Paris 2024 Games, Biles marked three gold medals and silver , bringing him a complete Olympic medal counting 11.

Biles collected her second Olympic gold medal in the all-around event at the French capital by collecting 59.131 points and surpassing Rebeca Andrade and fellow teammate Suni Lee, who earned 57.932 and 56.465 points, respectively. Further, the American competed on all four apparatus and led the squad on the top place on the podium in the team event, defeating the Brazilian and Italian teams. In Ballot, she ran the perfect Yurchenko double pike and cheng to control the event. The legendary gymnast has won the second Olympic medal at the floor event by finishing the second to Andrade. Raisman, who won gold together as teammates at the 2016 Olympics, congratulated Biles on her recent honor and praised her incredible achievements. Sharing a photo of the pair in an Instagram post, Raisman wrote,

“Congratulations to my goat @simonebiles on being named @sportsillustrated’s 2024 Sportswoman of the Year. You deserve it 💕 and we will be impressed with your accomplishments on and off the field. Always in your corner. “It’s so cool to see your journey up close.”

Team USA’s Simone Biles at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. (Photo by Getty Images)

After receiving the SI Sportsperson of the Year award, Simone Biles shared her accomplishments.

She said she had not yet fully appreciated what she had achieved so far. She stressed that she had not yet fully realized the extent of her success and that she hoped that this could happen after she retired and she would look back on her career. “I don’t think I realize what I’ve accomplished in sports,” Biles said. “I can see it, I can hear it from people and I can get glimpses of it, but I don’t think I understand the full extent of it yet. I don’t think I realize until I retire and look back in a few years like, damn, she was good. Because I can see it, but I do it every day. So for me it’s normal.” (from si.com)