Simone Biles frontrunner for ESPY's Best Comeback Athlete of the Year Award after 2023 World Championship pursuits

The most decorated female artistic gymnast, Simone Biles, has been nominated in the best comeback athlete category for the 2024 ESPY Awards alongside a star-studded list of other nominees including Paige Bueckers, Zion Williamson. This comes after her incredible performance at the 2023 World Championships.

Biles has left no stone unturned in her prolonged gymnastics career, as she has achieved almost everything that is there for a gymnast to accomplish. From winning seven Olympic medals to clinching a colossal 30 world championship medals, Biles' talent knows no bounds.

Her 23 world championship golds remain a record that no other gymnast has accomplished to date. Furthermore, during the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Biles created history as she became the first women's gymnast to win six all-around titles.

Biles is currently present in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to participate in the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Team Trials, which begin on June 27 at Target Center, and she is most likely to make it to secure her spot for her third consecutive Olympics in Paris.

Fans are anticipating her qualification as she is coming fresh off an incredible all-around title victory at the Core Hydration Classic in May, followed by another all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships earlier this month.

Just ahead of the trials, Simone Biles is nearing yet another recognition in her career as she received a nomination for the 2024 ESPY Awards in the Best Comeback Athlete category.

Besides Biles, Paige Bueckers of the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball, American football quarterback Joe Flacco, and New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson are also nominated in the same category. The award winners will be announced on July 11 in a ceremony hosted by the former tennis legend Serena Williams.

A brief look at Simone Biles' most prominent awards and accolades

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Simone Biles kept adding recognition to her kitty one after the other, be it the professional competitions or the off-court endeavors. 2015 marked the year when the Ohio native won a major award in the form of a glittering Team USA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year.

The following year, she was awarded the Glamour Award and Sportswoman of the Year and was among the list of the BBC's 100 women. She was also presented with the 2016 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year and became the third gymnast after Olga Korbut and Nadia Comăneci to win the accolade.

In the 2017 ESPY Awards, Biles was named the Best Female Athlete and was just the second gymnast to win the award. She also won the People's Choice Award for The Game Changer of 2019. The year 2022 was significant for the 27-year-old, as President Joe Biden presented her with the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom, and she became the youngest person to win the accolade. Furthermore Biles has already won a Comeback of the Year in 2024 at the Laureus World Sports Award.