After Simone Biles crawls, an Olympics holds its breath

There’s nothing quite like the excitement that erupts when Americans see the USA gymnastics team take center stage at the Summer Olympics, and that’s never been more obvious than with the Pari 2024.

There are 12 countries competing in the teams portion of competition, and 24 countries represented in the individual all-around competition, but it’s the five women representing the United States, a team that has held nicknames like the “Fierce Five”

in the 2012 London Games, the “Final Five” in the 2016 Rio Games and the “Fighting Four” in the 2021 Tokyo Games.

Lucky for fans, team captain, Simone — who is back for her third Olympic games as the oldest U.S.

gymnast to compete in the last 72 years at 27 — gave a first look at training in Paris in the days leading up to the opening ceremony. She shared two photos of herself alongside teammates Jade Carey, 24, Jordan Chiles, 23,