Simone Biles provides update on whether she will participate in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles dominated to – officially – cement herself as the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history. But there’s one pressing question: Will she participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics?

It’s something fans began asking shortly after the Paris games ended. However, Biles said she’s still going through her decision process.

Biles addressed the decision on the NBC broadcast ahead of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, where she did the “Riders Up” call. She pointed out her focus is on her health at the moment, but acknowledged what it would mean to suit up in a home Olympics.

“I have not decided,” Biles said. “Obviously, since it is a home Olympics, it is such an honor to compete on home soil with the fans and everything. But as of now, we’re just going to take some time off, focus on my mental and my physical health. And then, we’ll see.

“If anything, I’ll definitely be there supporting Team USA. But I just don’t know right now if it’s on the floor or in the stands.”

At the 2024 Olympics, Biles brought home four medals – including three gold. In the process, she also broke Shannon Miller’s all-time record for medals won by a U.S. gymnast, now with 11 to her name.

Her efforts earned her Sports Illustrated’s “Sportswoman of the Year” for 2024. In an interview for the honor, Biles weighed the decision at hand and the trade-offs that come with it. She will be 31 when the 2028 games come around, which is why her family is playing such an important role in what she’ll do.

“Life and death,” Biles told Stephanie Apstein. “Because I’ve accomplished so much, there’s almost nothing left to do, rather than to just be snobby and to try again and for what? I’m at a point in my career where I’m humble enough to know when to be done.

“If you go back, you’ll be greedy. Those are the consequences. But that’s also your decision to decide. What sacrifices would be made if I go back now? When you’re younger, it’s like, prom, college. Now it’s like, starting a family, being away from my husband. What’s really worth it?” She doesn’t know the answer.”

Simone Biles’ first Olympics came in 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro games, and she also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before withdrawing due to the “spinnies” at one point. She then made a big return in 2024 in Paris, winning gold in three of the four events which she competed and all but sealing her status as the greatest to ever do it.