Simone Biles returns to Olympics as the circus screams on around her
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/simone-biles-returns-to-olympics-as-the-circus-screams-on-around-her Biles nails dazzling performance amid celebrity circus The VIPs have hooked themselves to the US star’s cultural celebrity, desperate to bathe in her reflected glory Jonathan Liew at Bercy Arena - Sun 28 Jul 2024 19.00 CEST The Guardian The loge boxes and the VIP seats lie empty for most of the morning. After all, this is precious croissant and champagne time, and nobody wants to waste it on gymnasts no one has heard of. A few minutes before the start of the second subdivision, they shuffle out of the lounges and executive suites and down the steps, pursued by the flashing red dots of a thousand phone cameras. We have Tom Cruise and Snoop Dogg. We have Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. We have John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Greta Gerwig and Jessica Chastain, the Jonas Brothers, the now-ubiquitous Anna Wintour, whose main leisure activity these days seems to b...