CONGRATULATIONS SIMONE: During an interview, Simone Biles drops the biggest news.
Netflix’s documentary series Simone Biles Rising walks through the elite gymnast’s uplifting journey but also raises several questions surrounding her future as an athlete after the 2024 Olympics.
While featuring Biles’ impressive athletic feats in slow motion, Netflix’s Simone Biles Rising offers a highly emotional and immersive human perspective on her struggles and triumphs both inside and outside the training floor. In many ways, it even goes against most typical sports narratives in documentaries by honoring her legacy but also reminding viewers that she is human.
The two-part documentary series also gives a glimpse of all the mental and physical battles she had to overcome during the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Since Biles has now cemented her legacy by winning 4 more medals (3 Gold and 1 Silver) at the 2024 Games, the Netflix documentary seems all the more relevant. At the same time, it makes it hard not to wonder what Biles will do next after her monumental success.
Simone Biles has made no affirmative statements about her retirement after the 2024 Olympics. However, in a recent interview (via Reuters), she opened up about how, even though she wishes to “Never say never,” she is “getting really old.” The gymnast also showed enthusiasm about returning for the 2028 Olympics because it will be held at “home” in Los Angeles.
The rumors surrounding her retirement after the 2024 Paris Olympics started circulating when she said, “Rebeca can have the next one,” referring to Rebeca Andrade, the Brazilian gymnast who got silver in the Women’s Artistic Individual All-Around.
In another interview (via NBC Sports), she talked about how she cannot be dissatisfied with her performance because she has achieved way more than her “wildest dreams.” This could mean that she is delighted with her run as an athlete, so far, and would consider retirement (at least from the Olympics) in the near future.
However, for now, Biles has half-jokingly said (via Twitter) that she wishes to “babysit” her gold medal and does not like it when athletes are asked about their plans right after they win a medal at the Olympics.