Simone Biles' former coach Cecile Landi shows off Christmas preparations as she takes up a new role as the co-head coach of Georgia Gymdogs squad

Simone Biles' former coach Cecile Landi engaged in Christmas traditions at the University of Georgia, decorating the Christmas tree with the Gymdogs. The French former gymnast recently shifted from Texas to UGA as the head coach of the women's gymnastics team.

Training Biles at her parents-run gym WCC since 2017, Landi witnessed the Olympian face mental struggles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and redeem the top spot at the 2023 World Championships. As a coach of the US gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, she helped them get to the gold podium and Biles to two individual golds (all-around and vault) and a silver (floor exercise).

After that, Landi started her tenure as the co-head coach of the Georgia Gymdogs. On December 21, 2024, before the gymnasts leave for the Christmas holidays, Landi joined the Gymdogs squad to decorate the Christmas tree, as posted on UGA Gymnastics' official Instagram.

"Rocking around the GymDog tree. Have a happy holiday!"

Recently, Simone Biles' ex-coach took to her Instagram story to welcome her Paris Olympic ring, added to the ones from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Games.

"Paris arrived," her caption read.

A former gymnast herself, Cecile Landi represented France at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She drew a line to her competitive gymnastics career in 2002 and soon shifted her focus to coaching, alongside her then-fiance Laurent Landi. Having coached at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy for over ten years, the couple moved to Texas at the World Champions Center.

Simone Biles' former coach Cecile Landi shared her goals with the Gymdogs for the upcoming season

Simone Biles ex-coach Cecile Landi at the Gymnastics during the Paris 2024 Olympics. - (Source: Getty)

As the newly appointed co-head coach, Cecile Landi graced the Flipping Out podcast to touch upon several topics, including the impact of NIL rules on athletes and her exit from elite gymnastics. She also shared her plans to further her journey with the Gymdogs in the upcoming season.

"We want to have a healthy and happy season. That's main thing. And then after that, we want to improve from previous seasons and we want to be more consistent and we want to just one meet at a time get better and see where it takes us. Obviouisly, the SECs are now nine teams so one team will be out. That's the goal to be part of the SEC Championships and hopefully beyond."

After the Olympic success, Landi met Simone Biles at the Gold Over America Tour stop in Georgia. She also attended the premiere night of Biles' eponymous Netflix documentary.