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Simone Biles | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Profile

Team USA gymnast Simone Biles shares how she prepped for Tokyo, the meaning behind the Olympics and how these games will be different.

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SIMONE BILES: All of our training has geared us for this moment, so I'm just super excited for the journey. It's been tough, but, during our time off, we still did Zoom workouts with our coaches, so we were still engaged, and as soon as we got back into the gym, it was kind of just, like, full speed again, to try to get ready and gear up for this year's Games. And it's been tough, but it's definitely been worth it, and I feel like every athlete can say the same, is we're not gonna give up, and we're gonna keep striving for perfection, and hopefully we get to show off our athleticism this year at the Games.

I always feel like the Olympics are world peace, and that's when everybody just comes together, and, no matter the differences any of the countries have, everybody's running for each other, and want the best for the athletes for your country, and I think that's really neat in itself. But it'll be very, very strange, because, for a year now and some change, we've been kind of separated and only doing certain things, so it'll definitely be weird. Obviously, we'll be in a bubble. But I think it'll be some excitement. People are ready for athletics and sports to come together again, and it'll be really exciting, and it'll be like nothing they've ever experienced before, and it's gonna be really special.