Simone Biles won her fifth Olympic gold medal Tuesday by leading the U.S. women's gymnastics squad to victory in the team competition at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
In her press conference with teammates after the competition, Biles told reporters that the U.S. gymnastics team was nicknamed "F.A.A.F.O."—or "F--- Around And Find Out." But a few hours later, Biles posted on social media letting fans know the "actual" nickname of the gold-medal squad.
The "Golden Girls."
okay on the real though, the official team name is ✨golden girls✨ (because oldest olympic team)
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) July 31, 2024
s/o to cecile🥹🤍
The nickname works in several ways. Of course, it's a nod to the Americans winning gold in the team competition on Tuesday. But it's also a reference to The Golden Girls, the 1980s sitcom about four older women who shared a home in Miami.
The 2024 U.S. women's gymnastics team entered Paris with an average age of 22.2 years, the oldest American roster sent to the Olympics since 1952. In fact, the 27-year-old Biles became the oldest U.S. gymnast to win a medal since 1948, and the oldest American to win gold in Olympic history, easily besting 22-year-old Aly Raisman in 2016.
Biles and the "Golden Girls" will head back to the arena for the individual finals later this week. Biles qualified for four of the five individual finals—the all-around competition, vault, floor exercise and balance beam.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Simone Biles Drops Perfectly Fitting New Nickname for U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team.
