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Demanding sacrifices go hand in hand with successful sports careers. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and Green Bay Packers? safety, Jonathan Owens understand this all too well. After facing nearly 40 days of separation, with Biles at the Nationals and Owens’s Packers training camp, the two love birds were finally united. However, this joy was short-lived. Now Owens faces the rigors of the NFL season, while Biles will be preparing for the upcoming World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This situation once again calls for the couple to be apart. Regardless, Biles added a fun twist to it.

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While constant farewells from her star husband are quite upsetting, the Olympian faces greater issues. As much as Biles loves the company of Owens, she also does not like being cold on planes. And, the athlete proved this point with an intriguing update on her social media, briefly explaining her ordeal. However, she is an independent person, and brought just the solution to her problem, also making an interesting confession.

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Flying away from her husband, Simone Biles makes a candid confession

Portraying a glimpse of her troubles, Biles shared an image of herself in a car, clutching a packet of Sport Temp hand warmers. The caption of the Instagram story read, “I’m the psycho that brings hand warmers on the plane… because I can’t stand being cold.” The 26-year-old gymnast’s naive confession appeared to be hilarious. She deemed her habit of carrying hand warmers on flights as insane, given her threshold for cold temperatures. Previously too Biles had admitted her reluctance to the cold, owing to a fan’s “ask me anything” query on Instagram.

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The fan was curious about Biles’s presence at Packers games in the future. To which she replied, “Green Bay is tough bc there are no direct flights for us. I?m also afraid of the open dome / cold weather.??While she loves to support her husband’s team, trivial obstructions like fewer flights and extreme weather conditions largely affect her physical presence for the matches.

Yet, Biles’ innocent humor captivates the fans’ hearts. They look forward to more endearing moments that Biles shares, especially during her travels. This playful story reminds the community of previous flight adventures where Biles’ cute and playful personality shone.

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Simone Biles’ flight escapades

Among the many memorable moments, one of them involved a flight attendant mistakenly assuming that Biles was a child. The attendant ended up offering her a coloring book to get engrossed in. The 26-year-old gymnast couldn’t help but share her disbelief on her Instagram story. She wrote, “Not the flight attendant trying to give me a coloring book when I board… I said ‘no I’m good I’m 25.'”

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This incident occurred during a departure flight from her visit to the White House, where she received the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Joe Biden. To add to the amusement, another flight attendant, aware of the mix-up, offered Biles a mimosa, lightening the mood and creating a humorous anecdote out of the situation.

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As Biles now gears up to pave her path for the World Championships, a crucial stepping stone on her journey to the Paris Olympics in 2024, fans can hardly contain their excitement and anticipation for her next performance.

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Christaline Meyers

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Christaline Meyers is a senior Olympics writer at EssentiallySports who specializes in gymnastics and alpine skiing. Christaline is one of the acclaimed authorities in the coverage of 6x All-Around champion, Simone Biles. She has written extensively, covering every detail of Biles’s life stories as well as providing her perspective on Simone Biles’ Yurchenko Double Pike controversy. Beyond the gymnastics realm, Christaline also takes an avid interest in the development of the on-field rivalry between Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova in the snow-covered alps. When away from the ES Desk, she can be found meditating and listening to music.

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