Biles had not competed for 23 months, and Sunday's meet was her second competition since the Olympic Games Rio 2016, Team USA reported.
.@Simone_Biles wins the #USGymChamps by OVER SIX POINTS! pic.twitter.com/1ww4koomZW
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 20, 2018
She is also the oldest women's all-around champion in more than 4 decades. Biles is 21. Linda Metheny Mulvihill was the oldest in 1971 to take the title, tying Joan Moore Gnat, who was 16 at the time, for the championship 47 years ago, according to Team USA.
Biles wore a teal bodysuit for the competition. The suit had a message, as teal is the color of sexual abuse survivors, USA Today reported. She wore it to honor the hundreds of women who former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State physician, Larry Nassar, abused, USA Today reported. Biles, along with Final Five teammates Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian, said she was among Nasser's victims.
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