As Simone Biles continued to make history with his third gold medal in the 2024 Olympicsshe had a message after her latest international hardware.
She might not be ready yet.
The 27-year-old claimed her most recent top spot at the Paris Games in the vault final on Saturday, giving her 10 total medals, the most earned by an Olympic gymnast.
And while she has two more chances to earn medals in Monday’s floor exercise and balance beam finals, she still isn’t ruling out a return to the Olympic stage in 2028 when Los Angeles will host.
“Never say never,” Biles told reporters on Saturday. “The next Olympics is at home. So you just never know. I’m getting really old.”
Biles, who would be 31 in time for the next summer’s Games, has dominated in impressive fashion after being forced to pull out of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo early — and took a silver medal — after she had a bout of “the twisties” last time.
She has now won seven golds in her Olympic career, just two behind former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who holds the record for most first-place finishes by a gymnast with nine.
Already the oldest Olympic gymnast to compete for the United States at 72, Biles has continued her dominance with a rise in 2024.
Biles, already clapped back at critics earlier in these Olympicssaid those who called her out after Tokyo are now largely silent.
“They’re really quiet now, so it’s weird,” she said.