Simone Biles' Gold Over America Tour teammate, Joscelyn Roberson, penned a heartfelt note upon the conclusion of the Gold Over America Tour. The event commenced on September 16 and concluded on November 3.
This is the second iteration of the Gold Over America Tour that Biles launched after the completion of the Paris Olympics. The first edition of the tour took place after the Tokyo Olympics to celebrate the Olympians of the US women's gymnastics team. The first edition witnessed $19 million in revenue being generated, and after this huge success, the 27-year-old introduced the second edition, which also included male gymnasts on the team.
This year the team included Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Joscelyn Roberson, Jade Carey, and Hezley Rivera from the women's team. It also included male gymnasts such as Paul Juda, Fred Richards, Brody Malone, Shane Wiskus, and Yul Moldauer. Starting at Oceanside and concluding in Detroit, the tour continued for 30 days.
A day after the tour's conclusion, Roberson opened up about her feelings as the event ended. She reshared an Instagram post by Gold Over America Tour that announced the final stop of the event and wrote:
"Don't want this to end🥹 "
Roberson announced her withdrawal from elite gymnastics during the Paris Olympics and shared that she will be joining the NCAA at Arkansas.
Simone Biles opened up about inspiring the next generation through the Gold Over America Tour
In an online interview with NESN, Simone Biles spoke to George Balekhi about her hopes of inspiring the next generation through the Gold Over America Tour. She highlighted how gymnastics met concert in this tour and called it a 'blessing' to put on a show like this and execute fan interactions between them.
"It's big that it puts gymnastics on a stage like we've never seen before it's gymnastics meets a concert but as you pointed out the fan interaction is so important as well yes 100% because they've supported us on our careers for so long," said Simone Biles. "So, it's such a blessing that we're able to put on a show like this to give back even if it's just a little bit of inspiration and waving to them and um just so that again they feel seen and heard."
She added:
"But, it really is so exciting because whenever we're at the Olympics, we're really really stressed we have a job to do but here it's all fun that's all we're here to do is to have fun, inspire the Next Generation, tell our stories and hopefully leave everyone with a piece of gold."
Simone Biles wrapped up the Paris Olympics with four medals, three gold and one silver.