Simone Biles comeback: latest on US Classic Roster

[QuietColours]

If she wants to compete this summer, she needs to attend at least one camp and get her qualifying scores unless there is a qualifying injury situation. The rules don’t allow her to petition in based on past competition history.

If she’s waiting until after Worlds to return, then no rush at all.

 

[irichluck21]

If she wants to compete this summer, she needs to attend at least one camp and get her qualifying scores unless there is a qualifying injury situation. The rules don’t allow her to petition in based on past competition history.

If she’s waiting until after Worlds to return, then no rush at all.

Agreed, but is camp a “competition”?

 

[RedBirdie]

If she does verification on competition surfaces, the scores count for qualifying to Classics.

 

[irichluck21]

If she does verification on competition surfaces, the scores count for qualifying to Classics.

Right. But when Brady mentioned competition did he mean camp or an actual meet…Simone could qualify via camp and then we see her at US Classic…

 

[Passion]

Does Brady even know the difference between camp, an actual meet, a tour, or the pro-league thing Boorman is trying to start?

She just got back from her honeymoon, what, 4 weeks ago? The only National Team camp between now and Classics is in 17 days. US Classic is in 42 days. I don’t see how she’s going to go from “coming into the gym sometimes” (per Sumanasekera), to zero training during destination wedding and honeymoon, to suddenly having full elite routines to get verification scores in a matter of weeks.

Maybe she’s training to do in something in 2024, but the timeline is not lining up to compete anywhere in the year 2023.

 

[MaryClare]

Yep. I said before that I think people are reading far too much into this

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

There also doesn’t seem much point in Simone doing worlds? Nothing to gain gymnastically or commercially, been there done that, and wouldn’t address any unfinished business. She’d have to want to go for the sake of going, because it doesn’t make any practical sense.

 

[makam]

Since the us is olympic qualified, if she had big vaults ready, i could see them bringing her as a vt specialist. Jade vs Rebecca, my money is on Rebecca. Simone vs Rebecca, Simone. It would make some of the other events a bit fraught, but with Italy’s injuries, GB sort of hit or miss, it feels like just Japan or China could knock things sideways. She might also find personal benefit in “getting back on the horse” and trying for a big meet, even in a reduced capacity before attempting the Olympics.

But again, until Simone comes out and says “I am attending camp” or “I’m competing at x event” imma keep it all in the speculation category.

 

[Sasha]

That depends on what she perceives as being unfinished business, if anything. If she wants the YDP named for her, she could do that at Worlds. If she wants to finish her career with a more positive Olympic experience, then I agree with your assessment.

 

[rlayt]

If it is for a better Olympic experience Simone could even go as a specialist. Vault and floor or just vault. If she doesn’t want to train as hard and the YDP is now beyond her she still would contribute quite a lot.

I’m trying to stay unexcited though.

 

[MaryClare]

I don’t think the YDP is important to Simone at all. These things are almost always more important to fans than to the athletes

 

[Seyonne]

I thought a country that qualified a full team couldn’t have a specialist in Paris. Wasn’t that just a Tokyo thing?

 

[irichluck21]

I thought a country that qualified a full team couldn’t have a specialist in Paris. Wasn’t that just a Tokyo thing?

They mean as a specialist on the 5 person team.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

If the YDP is a priority, and I tend to agree with MC that there’s no reason to assume it particularly is, Simone’s probably better off doing it at a world cup next year where there’s no other pressure and she has more time to get back to the sort of absolutely peak form she’s likely to need in order to safely compete it.

But it’s true, this is all caveated by people’s personal preferences and priorities. Maybe Simone wants to go because she wants to go. Maybe she thinks it’s good luck that the dates are almost identical to 2013 and it’s the 10th anniversary. You never know.

 

[RichardL]

If she’s feeling healthy and game to put in the training time, it’s certainly in her long-term financial interests to be a part of the Paris Games. I’m also wondering if the reason why Chiles, Carey, Lee etc are going for a second attempt is because Tokyo was so weird in terms of COVID and the lack of audience. I still feel strange watching footage and seeing all the empty stands. Paris is obviously going to be very different.

 

[Sasha]

Hah, that’s fair.

 

[Denn]

I had not considered that idea. Very insightful!

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

It’s looking like it’ll be a commercially bigger deal, so that makes sense.

 

[KristyJ]

I came here to say basically this, and you beat me to it-- there is no reason she couldn’t do the YDP the year after the Olympics in a world cup if it meant a lot to her, and that fact opens up a lot of options

 

[Gymfan93]

Well, looks like he was telling the truth anyway

https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-all-around-champions-simone-biles-sunisa-comebacks-us-classic