Simone Biles issues clarification on USA women's gymnastics team name after viral press conference following Paris Olympics win

Simone Biles finally revealed the name of the US women's gymnastics team that secured a monumental victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She announced the name, 'golden girls' after issuing a hilarious response, 'F**k around and Find out', when previously asked whether they had figured a name for the team.

Simone Biles anchored the US team to a long-awaited victory inside the Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024, with her dominant floor routine. The team effort etched their name as the oldest gymnastics team to win gold (171.296) at the Olympics. On clinching her fifth Olympic gold at 27, Simone Biles became the oldest gymnast to achieve so since 1984.

Inarguably, she earned the title of the most decorated gymnast in history, having outpaced Shannon Miller with her eighth Olympic medal win. In a post-event interview, when asked whether the women had decided on any name for the gold-winning team, Biles jokingly commented:

"F**k around and Find out"

She further spoke in refutation and confirmed that they couldn't settle for a name then.

"We didn’t think of one. We didn’t like any — there’s none.”

However, in a recent X post, Biles unveiled that the newly assigned name of the US team was 'golden girls', in honor of the highly awaited gold win.

"okay on the real though, the official team name is golden girls (because oldest olympic team)" her caption read.

The team's final win echoed the gold-winning moments of the 'Fierce Five' at the 2012 and 'Final Five' at the 2016 Olympics. But in the wake of Biles' 'twisties', the US women's team settled for silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the Olympian withdrew midway with only a bronze in the balance beam.

This year, she will look to add four more golds on the floor, vault, balance beam and all-around events.

Simone Biles started her gymnastics team finals day with therapy

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Olympian left the arena after the first rotation in the team finals, after having felt a disconnect between her mind and body. Biles has not just normalized taking therapy for mental health issues but also motivated young women to speak their feelings aloud.

Before entering the Bercy Arena on July 30, Biles made sure her mental health was in check. She attended a therapy session and confirmed about her good health.

"At the beginning of the day, I started off with therapy this morning. That was super exciting. I told my therapist I was feeling calm and ready," Biles said. (via Olympics.com)

She was mindful during all her performances, especially the vault, and asserted that there were no 'flashbacks' of the Tokyo Olympics when she executed her routine.