Simone Biles Makes Big Olympics Announcement
USA gymnastics icon Simone Biles will soon be on her way to Paris for the 2024 Olympics.
And she will not be headed there without her biggest support system.
USA Today reported on July 1 that the Chicago Bears have given Biles’ husband, Jonathan Owens, permission to miss a few days of NFL training camp so he can watch his wife compete at Olympics.
“The Bears are actually granting him a couple days off from training camp, so he’ll be there, yes,” Biles told USA today. “For just a short little time.”
This will be the first of Biles’ major international competitions Owens has been able to attend.
Simone Biles speaks to the media after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s gymnastics team during the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center.
Simone Biles speaks to the media after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s gymnastics team during the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center.
The couple met during 2020 and married in 2023. Owens was not allowed to attend the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due to strict COVID-19 regulations, and the 2023 world championships took place in the middle of the NFL’s regular season.
“Anytime we can show up for one another in support, we just get super excited because our schedules don’t align that much,” Biles said of her husband. “So whenever it does, it’s really important for the both of us to show up in support.”
Heartwarming stuff from the Olympics icon.