Tag: Simone Biles
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Novak Djokovic, Simone Biles win Laureus Sports awards
The fourth Sportsman of the Year trophy has moved Djokovic level with athletics icon Usain Bolt and just one shy of Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer's record.
February 19, 2019 -
Simone Biles reveals ex-US gymnastics team doctor also abused her
Gymnast Simone Biles, a four-time Olympic champion from the United States, has said that she was also sexually abused by Larry Nassar, a former US Gymnastics team doctor who was sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges. “I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar,” …
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January 16, 2018 -
Usain Bolt, Simone Biles win Laureus Sportsperson of the year award
The most decorated Olympian of all-time, Michael Phelps bagged the Comeback of the Year award.
February 15, 2017 -
US Olympic gold medallist gymnast Biles admits use of medicine
US Olympic gold medal-winning 19-year-old gymnast Simone Biles has confirmed she has been using medicine to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Biles’ acknowledgement came after a hacker group named Fancy Bears’ claimed on Tuesday it had got access to the database of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and figured out that "dozens of American athletes had …
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September 14, 2016 -
WADA fury as Russian hackers release Williams’, Biles data
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday slammed Russian hackers who breached its database and published confidential records of US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. WADA said in a statement that the Russian cyber-espionage group Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bears, had broken into its Anti-Doping Administration and …
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September 14, 2016 -
An island of words
Antonio Moraes (played by Abhijit Bhor) doesn’t necessarily believe everything people say about his island in Goa. A bhaktar landlord living a rather comfortable life in his imposing home, he multiplies time into a thousand eternities yet never feels any desire for the city he inhabits. The island that contained him as a young man …
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September 2, 2016 -
Groundbreaking Olympic Games for women in Rio
From the dizzying gymnastics heights of African-American Simone Biles to Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik and Brazilian golden girl Rafaela Silva in judo — Rio proved a groundbreaking Games for women. Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps had already arrived in Rio as global superstars of men’s track and field and swimming. But newcomer Biles’s amazing acrobatic …
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August 22, 2016 -
Gymnast Simone Biles meets star crush Zac Efron in Rio
American gymnast Simone Biles met her longtime celebrity crush Zac Efron at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil and got a sweet kiss from him. The 19-year-old athlete, who won her fourth gold medal at the Olympics in the gymnastics floor final, shared pictures of herself with the "Neighbors" star on Twitter in which Efron …
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August 17, 2016 -
Rio: Simone Biles snatches fourth gold of Games
US star Simone Biles won the women’s floor exercise at the Rio Olympics, becoming just the fourth woman in history to win four gymnastics gold medals at one Olympic Games. The 19-year-old dominated the floor with the highest difficulty and execution scores, winning with 15.966 points on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "When I was walking up …
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August 17, 2016 -
Americans denied gold for 1st time since 2008 Olympic Games
The Americans were denied a gold medal for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and it took two big stumbles to keep the "Star Spangled Banner" on pause. One of the slips cost US gymnastics star Simone Biles gold on the balance beam. The other secured Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 …
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August 16, 2016