?Where It All Began?: Simone Biles Rehashes the Past With Unlikely Companion 10 Years After Remaking?History

Simone Biles‘ decade-long wait paid off, and Antwerp didn’t disappoint at all. The 26-year-old grabbed her 6th World Title this week, sailing on the same boat with Kohei Uchimura. Last month, as she smashed Alfred Jochim’s 90-year-old record to win her 8th US Title, she geared up for another milestone. With a total score of 58.399, the Olympian pushed last year’s world all-around champion to silver. Ensuring to make the most of her time on the holy gymnastic ground, Simone reunited with one of her best mates.?

Kyla Ross, the retired artistic gymnastic prodigy, made back-to-back history from 2009 to 2016. Furthermore, she also earned the title of being the first female gymnast to earn Olympic, World and NCAA titles. Though Ross shifted her career path, her exceptional gymnastics journey has inspired many. Being the same age as Biles, she once shared the gymnastic mat with her as well.

Simone Biles walks down the memory lane

With her iconic win at the 2023 World Championships, Simone’s gymnastic life came to a full circle. As amazing as it sounds, the journey is even better from the professional point of view. According to the USA Gymnastics’ Instagram story, the two legendary gymnasts received a huge shout-out for their mammoth presence. The story reads, “back to where it all began” with a purple heart. The emoji well complimented the power duo’s pinkish purple leotards.

Moreover, USA Gym shared Simone’s story featuring herself alongside Ross, embracing each other like never before. Their ecstasies knew no bounds, according to Simone’s caption, which read: “back in Antwerp 10 years later.” She paired the caption up with a teary-eyed emoji and a white heart. In here, Simone also justified the picture well, as the emoji represented their white outfits.

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Ross, now an assistant gymnastics coach at the University of Kansas, relived her 2013 World Championship days while watching Simone setting the stage ablaze.

Simone and Kyla’s 2013 Antwerp wins

As a 16-year-old, Biles participated in the 2013 World Championships alongside Kyla, who was also 16 at the time. In the women’s individual all-around competition and the women’s floor exercise competition, the GOAT walked home with four medals. Out of four, two were gold. Later on, she went on to win a bronze medal in the balance beam and a silver medal in the vault. On the other hand, trailing behind Biles, Kyla won the all-around silver, establishing herself as a level-pegging competitor. She went on to win two more silver in balance beam and uneven bars.

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Though Ross has retired from the gymnastic mat, she cheers on Simone oftentimes. As the latter’s Paris plans are knocking, both of them await some magic on the stage.