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Simone Biles Says She ‘Wouldn’t Be’ an Olympic Legend Without ‘Adoption’ and Her Parents

Simone Biles reflected on her 2024 Olympics experience with Hoda Kotb and admitted she ‘wouldn’t be here’ without ‘adoption’ and her parents’ support.

After earning four medals to take back home to the U.S., the Texas native thanked her parents, Nellie and Ronald, for championing her to history-making success. While Simone had her parents and husband Jonathan Owens in the stands at the Paris Games, the same couldn’t be said for her time at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that were held in 2021. “Hit Hoda right in the feels,” one person wrote in the comments section of the video posted by the official Today show account.

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