Simone Biles’ coach Cecile Landy recently reacted to the gymnast winning the L’Equipe World Championship for the fifth time, adding another feat to her list of records. Biles received the award after a triumphant year, including an impressive performance at the Paris Olympics.
The legendary gymnast won four medals in the French capital, including three gold and one silver. Biles, who withdrew from the final race of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, returned to the competitive circuit at the 2023 US Classic and competed all the way to the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
With victories at the USA Gymnastics Championships and Olympic Trials, Biles qualified for the 2024 Paris Games. She won the individual all-around event with a total of 59.131 points, ahead of Rebecca Andrade and Suni Lee, who scored 57.932 and 56.465 points, respectively.
She competed in all apparatus, defeating the Italian and Brazilian teams before leading the American team to victory in the team competition. For her brilliant feat, she has been awarded the honor of L’Equipe (The Team), France’s national daily sports newspaper, for the fifth time, following in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Biles’ former coach and former French gymnast Randy reacted to the multiple Olympic medalist’s award, sharing the news on her Instagram Story and adding a goat emoji to signify GOAT. .
Alongside Biles, Leon Marchand was named France’s Men’s Champion of Champions, while Brazil’s Gabriel dos Santos Araujo and China’s Jiang Youyang received the first Para-Athlete award. did.
Simone Biles won six Olympic medals and multiple World Championship medals under the guidance of Cecil Lundy.
Simone Biles won six Olympic medals and several World Championship medals under the tutelage of Cecil Lundy.
The former French gymnast joined her husband Laurent Landy in 2017 as coach at the world championship center owned by Biles’ parents. A year after he started coaching the legendary gymnast, Biles won four gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at the 2018 WC in Doha, and five gold medals at the next competition.
Biles withdrew from several events at the 2020 Tokyo Games, but won silver and bronze medals in the team and balance beam events, respectively. Under Randy’s tutelage, Biles continued his Olympic legacy into the 2024 Olympics.
Apart from the six Olympic medals collected under Randy’s tutelage, Simone Biles won five more medals at the 2024 World Championships.
Edited by Neerabra Roy
