HOUSTON – Hometown resident and first-time Olympian Simone Biles will be featured on the cover of Time magazine in August, just in time for the Olympics.
Biles, of Spring, is headed to Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympics with Team USA gymnastics. She shined in the Olympic trials in San Jose, California.
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is taking her sport to new heights https://t.co/WZF6yrBShxhttps://t.co/tJS1Q3CYbY
— TIME (@TIME) July 28, 2016
The Time article, "Simone Biles Is Taking Her Sport to New Heights," discusses her extraordinary talents as one of the world's best gymnasts.
"She's in a caliber with nobody else in the world, really,'" 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin told Time.
The 19-year-old has won three world championships, winning the gold in team, all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise in 2015. Biles has the most world medals in U.S. history and the most world championships gold medals of any female gymnast.
[See also: Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Minute Maid Park]
We'll be watching Biles throughout the Olympics in Rio, and we hope you will too.
KPRC 2's Rachel McNeill, Keith Garvin, Dominique Sachse and Andy Cerota will be in Rio for all your Olympics coverage.
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Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Minute Maid ParkHouston's own world champion gymnast Simone Biles threw out the first pitch for the Houston Astros July 4th game against the Mariners. The girl has skills!
Posted by KPRC2 / Click2Houston on Monday, July 4, 2016