Simone Biles’ Epic Comeback With Taylor Swift’s Floor Routine

Simone Biles stole the show at the 2024 Olympic Trials on Friday, leading the field with a score of 58.900. Teammates Jordan Chiles And Suni Lee follow with 56,400 and 56,025, respectively.

While the night was filled with several memorable moments, Simone Biles left no stone unturned after her incredible floor routine set to a soundtrack featuring Taylor Swift And Beyonce.

As The explosion previously reported, Simone Biles withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to mental health issues, specifically citing “twisties.” Although his departure shocked many fans, his decision garnered widespread support and sparked conversations about mental health in sports.

After a short hiatus from the sport, Biles returned to compete in the balance beam final on August 3, 2021, and won a bronze medal, marking her official return to gymnastics.

Three years later, the 27-year-old is set to compete in the world’s biggest sporting event as the 2024 Olympic Trials get underway.

It was the first of two nights of women’s trials, and Biles didn’t hold back. She took first place in the all-around with 2.5 points.

One of the highlights of the night was when the 27-year-old took to the stage and performed her routine to Taylor Swift’s “…Ready For It?” and Travis Scott and Beyoncé’s “Delresto (Echoes).”

The iconic floor routine kicks off with a bang as the heavy, pounding beats of Swift’s “…Ready For It?” fill the gym.

She wasted no time in wowing the crowd with a triple and double heart pass, landing perfectly. The rest of her performance went smoothly, except for a misstep when she went out of bounds at 1/10 after her third tumbling pass.

Unsurprisingly, the crowd went wild and the video went viral.

“MISS GOAT DIDN’T COME TO PLAY SHE WAS IN SPACE LIKE I’M NOT SURE EVERYONE SAW THIS,” wrote one X user after seeing Biles’ floor routine.

“Phenomenal, and the musical choice,” said another.

“Give him the medal already,” chimed in a third.

As a fourth put it: “She’s phenomenal…she’s GOLD!!!”

While Simone Biles once again proved why she is the GOAT with her Taylor Swift/Beyoncé floor routine, there is more to the story.

Gregory Milan, the French choreographer behind the routine, said he was inspired by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a revolutionary modern dance company founded by Ailey in 1958.

According to The New York TimesAiley focused her work on the black American experience and gained international fame with her iconic ballet, “Revelations,” in 1960. The group of dancers is not defined by a particular type of dance, but rather features a mix of diverse styles and techniques, leading to “an artistic fluidity that Milan wanted to instill in Biles’ routine.”

“I wanted to have an Alvin Ailey mindset just because of what they represented,” he told the outlet. “I had in mind at first that she would do something that showed that she was emerging, that she was breaking through the barriers a little bit in gymnastics to say, ‘This is over now, I’m not a little girl anymore.’ After everything I’ve been through, I’m now a businesswoman, I’m a married woman, I’m a happy woman.”

Although it may seem extremely complicated to the audience, Milan says most of the dance moves in Biles’ routine are simple.

“I wanted her to appear noble with something very pure, with her magnificent arms, her gaze. I wanted something more athletic, more square, more geometric,” he said of the choreography.

“Sometimes it doesn’t take much, just a look, a way of positioning your arm, the way you carry a movement, and that’s what Simone has been able to do,” he added. “You can feel that she’s at peace, that she’s happy, that she’s calm, so when she goes to the corner to make her big tumbling passes, she needs to feel grounded, strong, secure to start her tumbling pass.”