Simone Biles is making a surprise return to elite gymnastics competition — and she could be aiming to make history at the 2024 Paris Olympics

• Simone Biles is returning to the mat for the US Classic, US Gymnastics announced Wednesday. 
• This will be her first competition since taking herself out of some events at the Tokyo Games in 2020. 
• If she makes it to the Paris Games in 2024, she could secure the record for most Olympic medals won by an American female gymnast.  

The GOAT is heading back to the mat. 

Simone Biles is making a surprise return to elite gymnastics competition after a two-year hiatus from the sport, US Gymnastics announced on Wednesday. 

Biles is set to compete in the US Classic alongside Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey on August 4 and 5 in Illinois. The competition will be Biles' first return to the mat since she took herself out of competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

If she chooses to keep competing after the Classic and makes it to the Paris Games in 2024, Biles could break the number of Olympic medals won by an American female gymnast.  

She is currently tied with Shannon Miller for that title. 

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