Olivia Dunne fires off Simone Biles warning to Olympic gymnasts as Team USA star readies for Paris
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The 2024 Paris Olympics are just around the corner, and one superstar collegiate gymnast is giving some support to one of the most famous athletes in the sport and giving a warning to the rest of the world.
LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne was on the red carpet ahead of the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles and talked about Simone Biles in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
Olivia Dunne of the LSU Tigers before a meet against the Florida Gators at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Feb. 23, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
"Simone has always been a GOAT, and I think that this is like her revenge tour. What happened in (2021) was a freak thing, and I think that she is out for revenge," Dunne said. "She's gonna probably win."
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Biles is leading the veteran Team USA women’s gymnastics team, which also includes Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles, along with newcomers Hezly Rivera, Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong. Biles is looking great and in prime form ahead of the Olympics as she looks to avenge a sudden bout of the twisties, which cost her while the Games were held in Tokyo in 2021
Olympic great Nastia Liukin told Fox News Digital it was "almost unfair" for gymnasts to go through the Tokyo Games because of the coronavirus restrictions.
Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials June 30, 2024, in Minneapolis. (Nikolas Liepins/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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But Liukin was optimistic the American women will do well in Paris.
"They look