Biles won the all-around with 118.098 points to finish 2.66 ahead of Suni Lee, who finished with 115.832 points.
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Simone Biles booked her place for the Tokyo Olympics after winning the US women’s all-around title at the US Olympic Gymnastics Trials in St Louis.
Biles won the all-around with 118.098 points to finish 2.66 ahead of Suni Lee, who finished with 115.832 points. Lee will be competing for the first time in an Olympics. They both are automatically nominated for the Tokyo team after this score.
Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum, Jade Carey, and MyKayla Skinner also made it to team USA. The men and women competed for two days in St Louis this week. The women’s event wrapped up on Sunday.
Biles entered Sunday’s second day with a solid three-point lead. Biles was one of the hundreds of gymnasts abused by former USA Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar. She said she took her own time to rediscover her love for the sport.
“Everything I’ve been through with USAG and finding the love for the sport again. And just being Simone, it’s been a long journey to now,” she said.
“The crowd was very loud, very in tune, very supportive. These are the crowds we love because it helps guide us through each event. Keep our spirits high, and keep the motivation going.”
The women’s team is chasing their third straight gold medal at the Games. As far as Biles is concerned, she is aiming to capture back-to-back all-around titles and a fifth consecutive title by a US gymnast.
The 24-year-old Biles will be the oldest American women’s gymnast since 26-year-old Annia Hatch and Mohini Bhardwaj, 25, in the 2004 Olympics.
The event was shifted from the sold-out Enterprise Center, home of the NHL’s St Louis Blues, to the nearby Dome at America’s Center, the former home of the NFL’s St Louis Rams, because of COVID-19 capacity limits.
