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Dismissing Statements on Height as “Word Vomit”, Simone Biles Shuts Down Critics With a Hilarious Update

Published 09/17/2023, 8:57 AM EDT

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Simone Biles stepped on the mats at a very tender age, moonwalking into the athletic spotlight. Her rise in the sport garnered headlines, capturing the life of a newcomer in the sport who quickly showed promise. With a big collection of medals at 19, Biles made her Olympics debut as the shortest athlete representing America. Although she physically stood tinier than the rest of the lot, her flawless moves helped her exit the Games as the head star. When speaking of the Houston-born gymnast, her accomplishments just never stop adding even after her comeback from professional hiatus. Unfortunately, neither do the harsh remarks from critics.

Earlier the mean comments on Simone Biles’s height were strongly discredited by her on her social media platform. Taking life one stride at a time, there seems to be a positive outlook on things for the 26-year-old who transpired as a supernova upon her return. Biles even showed a fun activity to demonstrate the fun side of being short recently.

Simone Biles shows off athleticism at home

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Not many people can be as energetic as the winningest gymnast in the world Simone Biles. From seriously training during the onset of summer after her wedding to sweeping the golds at national events the woman does it all. When she’s not on the competitive ground the gymnast is at her Houston home doing homegirl things. Biles posted an Instagram story in which she makes doing laundry at home interesting by partially vanishing with the laundry. She even captioned the video, “reasons I own a front loader at home.”

The solo activity seemed nothing less of a sport when 4’8″ Biles jumped and bent to grab her clothes from the top load of the washing machine. Wearing a white cropped vest and shorts with flip-flops, she then reappeared transferring the handful to the drier. She enthusiastically continued the flow while using support to jump up, vanish, throw, and repeat. Now the fans know, she may be very tiny but her way of life is no match to others. And, what message did Simone leave for those who criticized her for being one of a kind?

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Simone Biles often interacts with her 6.9 Instagram followers. A while back, she posted a Q&A with the hashtag “Let’s Chat.” When asked how she would handle short jokes owing to her height of 4 feet 8 inches, she advised gazing at naysayers to make them feel uncomfortable. Later, on a serious note, she expressed irritation with the so-called jokes. However, in the end, he felt sympathy for their “word vomit” comments. She also remembered how it annoyed her when people would use her as an armrest. All the while living in the spotlight her entire journey as a celebrity athlete, the gymnast also had some lighthearted instances with tall athletes.

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Simone Biles being her fun self around fellow tall competitors

In addition to being the G.O.A.T in gymnastics, Simone Biles also stood out since she was the smallest of the 555 competitors selected for the Rio Olympics delegation. Sharing the sporting stage with American volleyball player David Lee, then 19-year-old Biles shared an amusing picture on her Twitter(X) showing their height difference. He was exactly two feet taller than her at 6’8″, and both stood opposite directions in the picture with Biles flaunting her big adorable smile. The Games were quite a talked about stage with her height being compared to Brock Lesnar, the Undertaker, and Other WWE Superstars.

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Interestingly, the 7X Olympic medalist is just an inch shorter than the average height of the typical gymnast. Even now Simone Biles remains the shortest of all in the US Team of Olympian gymnasts that qualified at Xfinity led by her. With a little less on the inches, the gymnasts leave no competitive spaces without her sparkle of excellence a promise she keeps serving.

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Divya Purohit

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Divya Purohit is a sports writer at EssentiallySports specializing her coverage in American sporting events. She recently found US Sports writing to be a niche that she enjoys and began following sports. Divya enjoys researching and creating various pieces of articles.
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Ananya Giri