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Summary Ahead of the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles Rising tells the decorated U.S. gymnast’s comeback story following backing out of the Tokyo Olympics four years ago. Simone Biles holds the most Olympic medals of any gymnast. However, mounting physical and mental stress led to an upsetting night for Biles at the Olympics in 2020.
Simone Biles Rising wants to tell a comeback story but manages to effectively intertwine it with a standard documentary covering Biles’ life and career. Starting with Tokyo before going into the beginning of Biles’ work towards Paris and then covering her childhood, early career, and other personal details works well.
Simone Biles Rising’s most saddening moments talk not just about Biles’ life, but about other gymnasts like her. The docuseries covers a history of injustices: Biles and other Black female gymnasts were heavily critiqued about their appearance and held to racist beauty standards, despite their stellar athletic performances. Additionally, Biles is one of the many victims of American gymnastics ignoring and covering up a USA Gymnastics physician sexually assaulting the young gymnasts.
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