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JUST IN: Taylor Swift Made it clear, Simone Biles made her interested in women in sports. “She’s a strong woman, and what she does always feels like magic to me. She’s a legend, and I celebrate her.
Watched this so many times and still unready. She’s ready for it tho.”
The pop star was reacting to a video of the routine posted by the NBC Olympics & Paralympics account in which
Biles performed the triple-double — also known as the “hardest tumbling pass in the world” — as the song from the singer’s 2017 album Reputation played.Many of Swift’s fans were also excited that Biles used the song for her floor routine.
“Song is clearly ‘ready for it?’ and we still weren’tSimone Biles starting her floor routine with Taylor Swift is everything
Biles leads the field on Sunday with a score of 58.900 with Jordan Chiles in second place at 56.400, and Suni Lee holding on to third with 56.02After her first event – the uneven bars – Biles was in second place.
But it was her two favorite events of floor and vault that sent her points soaring to first place and the crowds screaming.
For her second floor routine, Biles collaborated with French dancer,Her Friday night performance positioned her for a strong run to qualify for the 2024 team the US plans to send compete in this year’s Olympic Games.
During each Olympics trial, the top-scoring gymnast automatically makes the team that the United States will send to Paris, with four more selected by a committee after the trials end.
Biles famously pulled out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health reasons at the time, but her performance at the US Olympic trials signals that she’s back and better than ever.