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Olympic champion Simone Biles showed off a new epic leotard for the ‘Gold Over America Tour’ featuring teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera.

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Simone Biles is celebrating an incredible summer at the 2024 Paris Olympics by participating in the Team USA gymnastics tour across the country.

The 30-stop tour, named the ‘Gold Over America Tour,’ kicked off in California earlier this month.

Biles is joined by teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera, along with US men’s bronze medalists, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, and Frederick Richard.

SEE MORE: Simone Biles shares shocking bill she received at Paris nightclub after buying single bottle of champagne

Ahead of the latest show, Biles showed off an epic leotard that is only appropriate for someone with her resume.

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The black leo features gold rhinestones that form to make the outline of a goat.

The GOAT wearing a goat on the GOAT tour. How poetic.

Biles’ 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. She owns seven Olympic golds, two silver, and two bronze.

The tour will make its final stop on November 3 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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Newly released footage shows the women’s gymnastics judges at the Paris Olympics floor routine final neglected to process a request from U.S. coaches for a review of Simone Biles’ routine. Had the request been considered and her score changed with what the U.S. coaches saw, it likely would have resulted in Biles taking gold.

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Biles initially won silver with a score of 14.133, just 0.333 points behind Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who won her second Olympic gold after a famed comeback from three ACL tears.

The footage, submitted to the Swiss Federal Tribunal as part of a court case involving American teammate Jordan Chiles’ attempt to claim bronze in the event, was released to the public in an official Swiss court filing.

It shows Biles asking coach Cecile Landi if he’s asking the judges about her appeal. The coach’s wife, Laurent Landi, replied to Biles, saying, “He said he did.”

Laurent was then heard speaking French before Cecile turned back to Biles and said, “They didn’t send it.”

Biles was penalized 0.6 points for stepping outside of the competition mat. If she had she gotten full credit for her split leap, it would have given her an additional 0.10 in difficulty and a 14.233. That would have put her ahead of Andrade, who scored a 14.166.

If Biles had won gold in that event, the U.S. would have finished with 41 gold medals at the Paris Games and in sole possession of the gold medal lead. Instead, the U.S. settled for a tie with China at 40 golds.

It also would have taken away one of the many highly discussed moments of the Paris Olympics, when Chiles and Biles bowed down to Andrade on opposite sides of the medal podium. It was, before further review, the first all-Back gymnastics podium in Olympic history.

Biles responded to the footage in a post on X Wednesday, saying she is happy with the outcome and is more focused on Chiles’ court case.

“Rebeca had a better floor anyways, upsetting how it wasn’t processed, but I’m not mad at the results,” Chiles wrote. “BUT JUSTICE FOR JORDAN.”

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Biles has won more Olympic medals than any gymnast in U.S. history with 11, seven of them being gold with team events included. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history.

The video was provided to Chiles by the director of Biles’ latest documentary project, “Simone Biles: Rising,” on Netflix. Director Katie Walsh and production company Religion of Sports, which received permission to film Biles and her team during Olympic competition. This footage has now been released to help Chiles in her case for the bronze medal, which was stripped and given to Romania’s Ana Barbosu at the end of the Paris games.

According to court documents filed in the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland Monday, Chiles’ attorney has submitted footage from the company producing Biles’ Netflix series that they allege shows visual evidence in favor of Chiles. They claim the footage proves that the request for the review that bumped Chiles’ score up was not submitted past the deadline, according to multiple reports.

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Barbosu had initially clinched the bronze medal for floor and began celebrating on the mat. But then U.S. coaches appealed to judges over Chiles’ score, and a review resulted in a 0.1-point increase, which moved Chiles ahead of Barbosu for the bronze medal.

The initial ruling resulted in a wave of backlash. Gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci criticized the scoring change on social media, and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he would boycott the Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony over the scoring decision.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) later ruled the judging panel at the event had improperly granted an inquiry that increased Chiles’ score. The next day, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) ruled Chiles would have to return the medal. However, multiple reports indicate she hasn’t and won’t return it.

Chiles’ lawyers have argued that the CAS, which made the final ruling, “violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right to be heard’ by refusing to consider the video evidence that showed her inquiry was submitted on time — in direct contradiction to the findings in CAS’s decision.”

Her lawyers also claimed that CAS President Hamid G. Gharavi had a conflict of interest. Gharavi acted as counsel for Romania for nearly a decade and had been an active representative of the nation at the time of the CAS decision to strip Chiles of her medal.

Chiles gave her first sit-down interview about the incident during a panel at the Forbes Power Women’s Summit 2024 Wednesday. The gymnast noticeably choked up when she was asked about the topic.

“To me, everything that has gone on is not about the medal, it’s about, you know, my skin color,” Chiles said, tearing up.

RELATED: Simone Biles gets Bears gear after facing backlash from Chicago fans for Packers jacket…

Simone Biles learned the rules of the Packers-Bears rivalry the hard way last month when she wore a Green Bay jacket to a Bears preseason game against the Bengals. Now she’s making up for it.

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Biles only wore the Packers jacket because she was there to support her husband, new Bears safety Jonathan Owens, who played for Green Bay last season. The jacket was a custom design with photos of Owens playing for the Packers. But the hardcore Bears fans didn’t care, and they didn’t relent. The Olympic gymnast was bombarded with posts from angry Bears fans that she wore the gear of their rival in their home stadium while supporting a Bears player.

The angry posts must have worked. On Friday, Biles said she had purchased more Bears gear in the aftermath of the controversy.

“Yes, I have plenty [of Bears gear] now,” she said while leaving the Global Summit on Women’s Mental Health, according to TMZ Sports. “So, don’t you worry, guys!”

Biles initially seemed to double down on the choice of a Packers jacket after the initial backlash. Just days after she was originally seen wearing it, Biles posted a photo on X of her wearing the jacket standing next to Owens with the caption “Bear Down.”

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Owens then shared his wife’s post to his Instagram stories and commented on her post with two hearts, one blue and one orange.

Simone Biles VS Jonathan Owens

Owens signed a two-year deal with the Bears in March after a career season in Green Bay. Owens scored his first career touchdown and started 11 games for the Packers on defense last year, while helping lead the team to the playoffs and making his first postseason appearance. In the playoffs, Owens started both games in a win against the Dallas Cowboys and a close loss to the San Francisco 49ers, making seven tackles.

Owens is on the third team of his career and is looking to help lead a Bears turnaround after the team failed to make the playoffs the last two seasons.

Biles was there to support Owens at several Packers games last year, including the playoffs, and is expected to attend plenty of Bears games this year. Now that she has her Chicago gear, the Bears fans will have plenty of reasons to cheer her on whenever she is shown on the jumbotron at Solider Field.

Biles won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics this summer, becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history. She did it all while being one of the oldest competitors in Olympics gymnastics history at 27. Her gold medals marked the completion of a dramatic comeback story for Biles, after she withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to a case of the twisties.

“Man, I’m super proud. Just because I see the work that she put in, and I saw what she went through,” Owens told Fox News Digital in July. “And just for her to be able to come back, no fear, continue to dominate the way that she has, man, is just amazing.

“It’s a testament to the person that she is and her confidence and training to the work that she puts in. I can’t wait to keep watching her dreams come true.”

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Usually it’s baseball players who sign autographs at the ballpark, but with Houston native Simone Biles throwing out the first pitch at Friday’s Astros game, first baseman Jon Singleton had different ideas.

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After catching the ceremonial first pitch, which Biles one-hopped to the plate, Singleton approached the Olympic gold medalist with the ball and a pen that miraculously materialized on his way to the mound.

Biles didn’t hesitate to sign before posing with Singleton and Astros mascot, Orbit, for a quick photo. That was quickly followed by another photo op with Astros manager Joe Espada and his daughter Vivian.

And Biles wasn’t the only Olympic medalist on hand. Jordan Chiles was also in Houston amid the ongoing controversy over the bronze medal that she won in the floor exercise, which was later stripped and awarded to Romanian rival Ana Barbosu.

Biles and Chiles were seen laughing and taking selfies with other Houston-area Olympians before taking their seats.

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This is not the first time Biles has tossed a first pitch at Minute Maid Park. But unlike her previous offerings, like at Game 2 of the 2019 World Series, the decorated gymnast opted against doing a flip on the field.

Nonetheless, fans were overjoyed to see Biles in person after winning three more Olympic golds and a silver at the Paris Games. And the fact that Houston pulled out 3-2 win over visiting Kansas City made the evening all the better.

Earlier Friday, Biles urged Olympic fans to catch the ongoing Paralympics.

‘Don’t forget the Paralympics are on! let’s support & watch these incredible athletes,’ Biles wrote with a blue heart emoji. ‘GO USA!!!!’

The Paralympics kicked off on Wednesday with the opening ceremony. It was followed by a busy opening day on Thursday, with the majority of the events starting their early stages.

The games will go on through Sunday, September 8.

RELATED: Simone Biles toasts Olympic glory with racy snaps alongside fellow Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles: ‘red, white, biles & chiles’

Simone Biles has continued supporting Team USA teammate Jordan Chiles amid the ongoing controversy over the bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.

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‘We’ve been FaceTiming, texting, just being girls,’ Biles told People while promoting her partnership with a haircare brand. ‘I did talk to her on one of the days, and I was like, ‘You know what, Jordan, you have to feel all these feels. Don’t let these emotions stop you. This will be the healthiest way to get all of this out.’

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It’s been a difficult August for Chiles, who was awarded the bronze in the floor exercise in Paris on August 5 on the back of an appeal by Team USA coach Cecile Landi, who challenged her athlete’s degree-of-difficulty score. That challenge led to a .1 boost, bumping Chiles to 13.766 – just ahead of Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu’s 13.700.

Chiles celebrated on the podium that night, but the medal has since been reallocated to Barbosu after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided Landi’s appeal.

Biles, who won the silver in the floor on August 5, insists that Chiles isn’t too down. She’s ‘still that girl,’ Biles told People, adding that her performance speaks for itself.

‘We saw what you did,’ Biles says of Chiles. ‘And it’s an unfortunate circumstance because something like this has never happened before and it’s truly a shame, but we wish all three girls could get the medal and unfortunately in gymnastics that’s not the case.

‘Do we think they did the correct procedures to come to this ruling?’ Biles continued. ‘No. That’s really why we want that justice for Jordan and why we’re going to keep supporting her and uplifting her.’

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There are ‘no plans’ currently for Chiles to return her medal, USA officials told USA Today, though the 23-year-old is evidently still reeling from the ordeal.

Chiles briefly swore off social media, although Biles admits to sharing a few funny posts with her.

‘I know she’s not on social media, but some of the funny things I’ve seen, I said, ‘Okay, Jordan, can I send you something that I think you would really like right now?’ Biles told People.

‘And so I’ve sent her little things, and it was like one of them was these four or five girls guarding a medal, and I thought that was the cutest. And then I sent her Flavor Flav’s bronze [medal he made for her] and then I sent her LeBron [James]’s tweet.

‘So just things to uplift her and know that she still has that support all-around.’

Chiles returned to social media on Friday and posted an Instagram story with a screenshot of an X post that read: ‘she’s a 10 but she’s still healing from things she didn’t deserve.’

She has previously called the decision to strip her medal ‘unjust,’ while the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee also told USA Today that there were ‘significant procedural errors’ made by CAS.

According to the CAS, the Americans’ appeal was clocked at one minute and four seconds – greater than the specified window of one minute.

However, USA Gymnastics said they have evidence to back up their claim that the appeal was lodged within the time limit at 47 seconds.

Former Olympian Aly Raisman also called the CAS’ verdict ‘confusing’ and said that an appeal wouldn’t even have been accepted if it was late.

‘There’s a designated trained official. It’s their job to keep the time,’ she told Us Weekly. ‘They are not allowed to accept the inquiry if it’s not under that minute window. They accepted the inquiry, which means that the person who’s trained to do that, they saw it was under a minute.’

Biles and Chiles are now prepared to join the Gold Across America Tour, which kicks off next month.

RELATED: Simone Biles says Paris club tried to charge her $26,000 for champagne after the Olympics

Olympics legend Simone Biles has shared the staggeringly high bill a nightclub tried to charge her for a bottle of champagne.

The USA gymnast put on a sensational performance in Paris, as she became the oldest Olympic all-around champion at age 27 as well as securing a total of four medals (three gold, one silver).

Biles’ performances in Paris means she is now the most decorated US gymnast of all time after claiming a whopping 11 Olympic medals over the course of her career.

Considering her magnificent performances in Paris, it is no surprise that the gymnast took to the clubs of the French capital to celebrate her success.

However, Biles shared in a TikTok, video the astonishing price she was quoted for a bottle of Champagne following the closing ceremony.

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“After [closing ceremonies] we went out,” the American recalled. “You guys, this club tried to charge me $26,000 for a bottle of champagne. Like are you insane?”

“But why would you even try to play me like that? That’s wild,” she said in the TikTok video.

Elsewhere in the TikTok video, Simone spoke about what life is like for her being in the public eye following her massive Olympic success.

“I don’t know sometimes, the attention, I’d rather not have it,” Simone said.

“I rather just be as normal as possible, I don’t know.”

With Biles in the spotlight for her recent performances, her biological mother, Shannon, has attempted to make contact with her daughter after being absent since the gymnast was six when she was adopted by her grandfather Ronald Biles.

“I want her to reach out to me,” she told the Daily Mail.

“She’s 27 now. She’s married. I would have liked to have been a part of that, but I just have to wait for her. You can’t push anybody.

“It hasn’t happened yet, but I have patience. I’m waiting on her,” she continued.

Part two of “Simone Biles Rising” premieres on Oct. 25

Move over, Emily! Simone Biles is in Paris!

Netflix announced the official premiere dates for episodes three and four of the docuseries Simone Biles Rising with help from the Olympic gold medalist herself!

In a fun video shared on Netflix’s social media accounts, Biles, 27, recreated lines from the streaming giant’s popular series, Emily in Paris, which just released the first part of its highly-anticipated fourth season starring starring Lily Collins on Aug. 15.

“And ever since I moved to Paris, my life has been chaotic and dramatic and complicated,” Biles said in the first clip as she sips her drink with a view of the Eiffel Tower in the distance. In a sassy second clip, the gymnast tries on sunglasses and says, “Without basic b—-es like me, you wouldn’t be fashionable.”

In her final recreation from the Netflix original series, Biles shows off a plate full of crepes and says, “I’m not somebody who can share a crepe. I need the whole crepe.”

“Watch your beret, emily 🤭 SIMONE BILES RISING: PART TWO is coming october 25 on netflix,” the company wrote in the caption of the Instagram post.

The second part of Biles’ popular documentary begins streaming on Oct. 25. According to Netflix, the new episodes will follow the Olympic gold medalist as she competes in the 2024 U.S. Gymnastics Trials and officially qualifies for the Team USA before making her historic comeback in Paris.

Directed by Katie Walsh, the episodes will also offer viewers an inside look that Biles’ “personal thoughts and moments of her incredible journey,” Netflix said in a release.

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The fun teaser video promoting her docuseries comes just after Biles poked fun at herself in another social media video with Netflix.

A short clip of Biles quickly turning her head during warmups at the 2024 Paris Olympics became a popular meme during the Games, so Biles put her own spin on the joke.

In her recreation, Biles reacted to several situations that would have her quickly turning her head to pay attention. “Hearing someone on their couch has comments on the routine,” was the first example, and, “When the drink he ordered starts looking like the drink you should’ve ordered,” followed.

“When someone mentions women’s sports,” earned a sharp head turn from Biles as well. The fun video ended with Biles smiling and laughing as she turns her head in the perspective of “the vault when it sees her coming.”

The first two episodes of Simone Biles Rising are currently streaming on Netflix.

Simone Biles had plenty to celebrate in this summer, but she claims a Paris club attempted to scam her in process.

The greatest gymnast of all time revealed in a TikTok video that she went out in the French capital after participating in the Closing Ceremony for the Paris Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 11.

When it came to bubbly, Biles said a nightclub tried to charge her an eye-popping amount.

“You guys, this club tried to charge me $26,000 for a bottle of champagne,” Biles told her viewers. “Like, are you insane?”

Biles said she was amazed by the audacity of the club to try and pull a fast one on her.

“Obviously, I didn’t buy it, but why would you even try to play me like that?” she said. “Like, that’s wild.”

The 11-time Olympic medalist can now celebrate across the U.S. as she embarks on the Gold Over America Tour with Jade Carey, Stephen Nedoroscik and more Team USA gymnasts starting in September.

After the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony in Paris, Simone Biles went to a nightclub that tried to sell her $26,000 champagne: “Are you insane?”

Simone Biles might take home gold but she’s not celebrating like it.

The Olympian detailed her final night at the Paris 2024 Games—where she took home three gold medals and a silver—revealing that a club in the French capital tried to charge her an eye-popping five-figure sum for her celebrations.

“We had closing ceremonies at the Olympics and I went,” Simone explained in an Aug. 20 TikTok video. “And after that we went out. You guys, this club tried to charge me $26,000 for a bottle of champagne. Are you insane?”

And while Simone was ready to celebrate, she wasn’t about to throw away her cash.

“Obviously, I didn’t buy it,” she clarified. “But why would you even try to play me like that? Like, that’s wild.”

The 27-year-old—who fronted team USA women’s gymnastics team along with Suni LeeJade CareyJordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera—acknowledged that her status as one of the greatest Olympians of all time can cause more than champagne problems.

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“I’d rather not have it,” she said of the attention. “I’d rather be as normal as possible. I don’t know.”

Of course, Simone has always been open about the stress of making it to the top of her field’s mountain. In fact, she recently clapped back at reporters for a question she’s been asked one too many times during her third Olympic Games.

“You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics,” she said on X, formerly Twitter, Aug. 4. “Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for.”

And while Simone soaking in her moment was briefly disrupted at the end of her Parisian stay, she has already made a comeback of her time off by rooting for her husband Jonathan Owens as he embarks on his first season with the Chicago Bears.

But as for whether Simone will go for the gold again in Los Angeles in 2028?

“Never say never,” she said at a press conference following the 2024 games. “The next Olympics is at home, so you just never know.”

Just don’t count on Simone pulling another Yurchenko double pike on the vault. As she said of her pulling gold for the move in Paris, “I mean, I kind of nailed that one.”

There’s humor, and then there’s Simone Biles‘ humor. Frankly, it’s unmatched, and the other girls don’t stand a chance.

Simone has been living her best life since her fantastic run during the 2024 Paris Olympics. She finally got to see other Olympic athletes compete, hung out with Elmo and even unexpectedly started a funny meme just for being herself.

The meme took over social media, with people finding all kinds of ways to use a moment where Simone turned her head and appeared startled by something to their advantage. Simone seemingly knows about her head-turning meme being a thing with the internet because she recreated it for a TikTok with Netflix, and it’s glorious.

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