Simone Biles is certainly one of many best athletes of all time — she has four gymnastics moves named after her and retains breaking records. So if you’re simply as curious as we’re to get a peek behind the scenes of the GOAT and her coaching, the 19-time World Champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist is starring within the third season of the Facebook Watch Versus sequence: Simone vs Herself. It’s a becoming title since she’s in a league of her personal in ladies’s gymnastics.
The seven-episode docuseries will give viewers an unique look into the challenges Biles confronted after the Olympics had been postponed, forcing her to push her profession an additional yr so she might compete in Tokyo in 2021. The sequence additionally seems again at how Biles has handled the extremely excessive expectations of being such an elite athlete and her journey to being not solely the perfect gymnast she may be, however among the best gymnasts of all time.
Biles mentioned, “My gymnastics profession has been crammed with loads of ups and downs regardless of what lots of people might imagine, and, in loads of methods, my profession has felt like I’ve been attempting to show myself to others.” She mentioned that one of many largest causes she needs to come back again for the Tokyo Olympics is “to problem myself to be the perfect Simone I may be for me and, regardless of the end result, share with my followers the method and strategy I’m taking alongside the best way within the hope that it might assist encourage others to be the perfect model of themselves, too.”
Produced by Religion of Sports and directed by Gotham Chopra, Simone vs Herself premieres Tuesday, June 15, completely on Facebook Watch — we will not wait! The first 5 episodes will run within the lead-up to this summer’s Olympic Games, and the ultimate two episodes will air later this summer time. For extra particulars and to obtain updates on Simone vs Herself, head over to the Versus on Watch Facebook Page and for those who’re not already a member, be a part of The Official Simone Biles Fan Group.
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