A day after Simone Biles won gold in the women’s vault final on Saturday, she sent a stern message to the Olympic media.
Following Biles’s gold medal win—her record-extending 10th career Olympic medal and 7th career gold—she was asked by reporters whether she plans to compete in the 2028 Games to be held in Los Angeles.
Biles made it clear that she didn’t appreciate the timing of the question, considering she had just achieved a massive feat. On Sunday morning, she took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express her frustration:
“You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics.”
She added, “Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for.”
When someone jokingly asked Biles in the comments section about her “next steps,” she delivered a perfect three-word answer: “Babysitting the medal.”
Biles, the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history, could become the second-oldest American female gymnast to compete at the Games if she ends up going to Los Angeles in 2028. That would mark the fourth Olympics of her career, and she would be 31 at the time.
While Biles hasn’t ruled out participating in the 2028 L.A. Olympics, she seems to be shutting the door on any more probing questions about her future during her competitions in Paris. Biles will look to capture two more golds in the balance beam and floor exercise finals on Monday at 6:36 a.m. ET and 8:20 a.m. ET, respectively.
