Simone Biles Celebrates Olympic Day with Candid Throwbacks from Her Journey

Published: June 24, 2025

Simone Biles, the 11-time Olympic medalist, took to Instagram to celebrate Olympic Day by sharing a series of candid throwbacks from her journey throughout the years.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Biles posted a series of Instagram Stories to commemorate Olympic Day, which celebrates the 1948 revival of the games after the last Olympic Games were held in Paris on June 23, 1894. The gold medalist shared a sweet video of her and now-retired Olympians Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez celebrating the news that they made it to the 2016 Olympic team.

She followed up the video with two photos alongside Raisman, Hernandez, Gabby Douglas, and Madison Kocian, from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

The next slide included three photos of the 2016 Team USA, also known as the "Final Five," scoring their team gold medal. One photo included the girls jumping for joy together, and another of them standing beside each other on the podium with their gold medals.

2020 Tokyo Games

Biles then shared a few snaps from the next Summer Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Games. She added photos of her with production crews, who wore protective masks during COVID-19.

She also posted a photo with her 2020 team, known as the "Fighting Four," Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Grace McCallum, posing with their silver medals.

2024 Paris Summer Olympics

The athlete then included another video of her and Team USA learning they qualified for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. She was joined by Chiles, Lee, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera — they would later be referred to as the "Golden Girls."

Biles shared a cute video of the girls cheering with one another, and later added more images of the group celebrating their team's gold medal victory.

Biles' Performances and Medals

The superstar athlete included a video of her on the vault, executing the difficult "Biles II" — which is also known as the Yurchenko double pike, and includes a cartwheeling approach to the vault. That Paris vault performance earned her a gold medal, and she became the second woman, after Véra Čáslavská, to win two Olympic vault titles.

Along with the videos of her performance, she added adorable snaps of her friends and family sporting her gold medal.

Conclusion

"Okay I'm done, so blessed to go to 3 Olympic games with Team USA," she wrote atop a video of the Eiffel Tower sparkling in the night sky.

She then concluded the Instagram Stories with a photo of Dr. Marcia Faustin helping Biles with an injury on the sidelines. "She is beauty, she is grace. Dr. Marcia saved my lifeeeee."

While Biles is grateful for her journey at the past three Olympic games, she hasn't confirmed if she will perform at the 2028 Olympics, which will be held in Los Angeles.