Simone Biles Backs Wearing Full Bodysuits at Tokyo Olympics

• Simone Biles has supported German gymnasts who’re sporting full bodysuits as an alternative of leotards.
• The four-time Olympic gold medalist says rivals ought to have the ability to put on “no matter they please.”
• Biles, nevertheless, mentioned she’ll hold sporting a leotard as she thinks it makes her seem taller.
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4-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has given her help to German gymnasts selecting to put on full bodysuits over leotards on the Tokyo Olympics. 

Germany’s ladies’s gymnastics workforce introduced final week that they’d put on the bodysuits on the video games, and did so on Sunday, saying they were taking a stand against the sexualization of the sport.

The gymnasts say they need youthful athletes to really feel extra snug not sporting the revealing leotards which are regular in gymnastic competitions.

Biles, thought of one of many best gymnasts of all time, has given her help to the German workforce, however mentioned she is going to proceed to put on a leotard as she believes it makes her seem taller whereas competing.

“I stand with their choice to put on no matter they please and no matter makes them really feel snug,” Biles said in June, per ESPN.

“So if anybody on the market needs to put on a unitard or leotard, it’s very as much as you,” Biles, who’s four-feet-eight-inches tall, mentioned. 

On Sunday, Biles qualified for every single women’s gymnastics medal event at the Tokyo Olympics but was unhappy with her performance. 

“Clearly there are little issues we have to work on.

“We’ll return and apply and work on that, simply so we are able to do our greatest efficiency at workforce finals as a result of that is what issues.” Biles mentioned.