{"id":1962,"date":"2024-07-31T19:10:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2024-07-31T19:10:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:10:47","slug":"simone-biles-surprised-everyone-by-apologizing-to-former-u-s-olympic-teammate-aly-raisman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Surprised Everyone By Apologizing To Former U.S. Olympic Teammate Aly Raisman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When\u00a0Simone Biles\u00a0officially cemented her place on Team USA for her third Olympic Games, she made history as America\u2019s oldest female gymnast to compete at the Games in 72 years.<\/p>\n<p>She is just 27-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>Biles recently acknowledged this during a press conference on Sunday after the U.S. Olympic trials.<\/p>\n<p>Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast ever, now has a much different outlook on how she perceived her friend and former team captain Aly Raisman, who was once dubbed the \u201cgrandma\u201d of the team.<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying for the U.S. Olympic women\u2019s gymnastics team, Biles made sure to tell the press that she needed to apologize to Raisman, who was just 22 when she was the team captain at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, Biles said, \u201cSo now, I definitely have to apologize to Aly for calling her grandma because, whew, I feel like I\u2019m way older now than me calling her grandma when we were younger,\u201d as reported by Gymnastics Now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eight years after her first Olympic Games in Rio, Simone Biles, 27, has an apology for her former team captain, Aly Raisman, who was dubbed \u201cgrandma\u201d back then at just 22. \ud83d\ude05\ud83d\udc80\ud83e\udd2a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USAGTrials24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USAGTrials24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0bhUnZ8O3\">pic.twitter.com\/f0bhUnZ8O3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gymnastics Now (@Gymnastics_Now) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gymnastics_Now\/status\/1807766774202483047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biles was 19 when she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is now five years older than Raisman was at that time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inside\">\n<p>\u201cAnd, you know, it\u2019s what, 11 [p.m.]? So, it\u2019s definitely past my bedtime,\u201d she joked. \u201cSo, I know Aly would be cracking up right now. I\u2019m a lot older and more mature. What was the rest of the question? See, I\u2019m forgetting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the oldest member of Team USA, Simone Biles further explained the recovery process she goes through now as compared to what she was doing in the Rio Games eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely have to take care of recovery mentally, physically. After Classics, I swore I couldn\u2019t walk. I was like hobbling to the plane, so that was exciting. After Championships, I felt a little bit better and after day one of Trials, I was actually surprised I could walk. So I was like, \u2018Woo, I\u2019m actually not as sore, I\u2019m not hurting,\u2019 \u201d the gymnast said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-simone-biles-husband-will-be-allowed-to-skip-some-training-camp-to-go-to-the-olympics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Simone Biles\u2019 Husband Will Be Allowed To Skip Some Training Camp To Go To The Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0just might be America\u2019s team, as they are doing a solid for Simone Biles.<\/p>\n<p>Biles stated on Sunday that the Chicago Bears are excusing her husband, safety Jonathan Owens, from a few days of training camp so he can attend the Paris Olympics and watch her compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bears are actually granting him a couple days off from training camp, so he\u2019ll be there, yes,\u201d she said per\u00a0USA Today. \u201cFor just a short little time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When\u00a0Simone Biles\u00a0officially cemented her place on Team USA for her third Olympic Games, she made history as America\u2019s oldest female gymnast to compete at the Games in 72 years. 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