Olivia Dunne shares message for Simone Biles ahead of Olympic 'revenge tour' in Paris

Olivia Dunne will beryllium rooting for nan 'GOAT' Simone Biles erstwhile she steps retired connected nan mat astatine nan Paris Olympics. 

The Louisiana State University gymnast, who is returning to assemblage to compete with nan LSU Tigers for a 5th year, gushed complete nan seven-time Olympic medalist. 

'Simone has ever been a GOAT and I deliberation that this is for illustration her revenge tour. What happened successful 2020 was a freak point and I deliberation that she is retired for revenge,' Dunne told Sports Illustrated connected nan reddish carpet astatine nan ESPY Awards past week.

'She is going to astir apt win,' nan societal media prima added. 

Of course, Dunne was referencing nan Tokyo Olympics, wherever Biles withdrew from nan squad all-around title owed to nan 'twisties.' 

The information is simply a authorities of mind successful which gymnasts cannot admit wherever they are successful nan aerial during a routine.

With nan precocious grade of trouble of nan moves Biles is tin of performing, competing pinch nan 'twisties' tin lead to superior injury. 

'I americium doing therapy play to support everything successful tune truthful that I consciousness comfortable and assured capable to beryllium competing,' Biles told ELLE last week. 

'It’s been a important portion of my training regimen. I understand and recognize I person to return attraction of my beingness quality arsenic good arsenic my mental.'

At 27, Biles is now nan oldest personnel of Team, and is slated to compete successful a afloat scope of events erstwhile nan Games footwear disconnected successful Paris later this month. 

She is already backmost successful apical form, winning nan all-around astatine nan trials, and is connected way to go the most dressed up American gymnast successful nan history of nan Olympics should she return location a medal. 

Dunne, for her part, had a short stint connected the U.S. nationalist squad arsenic a teen earlier accepting a LSU scholarship.

'Elite gymnastics [was] decidedly a sacrifice. My puerility was afloat of gymnastics. The ambiance successful nan gym was very intense. Our corporate extremity was conscionable to make nan Olympics,' she antecedently told Yahoo Sports. 

'That was my dream increasing up. Stepping distant from elite gymnastics was very difficult. I conscionable decided why not beryllium healthy, spell to schoolhouse and bask assemblage and gymnastics.'