Simone Biles and her husband, Chicago Bears security Jonathan Owens, skilled fairly the scare on their honeymoon.
Biles and Owens formally tied the knot in April 2023, however a busy schedule — which included the 2024 NFL season and the Summer season Olympics — seemingly delayed their honeymoon till this yr.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles poses for {a photograph} together with her husband Chicago Bears security Jonathan Owens previous to an NFL soccer sport in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photograph/Nam Y. Huh)
The seven-time Olympic gold medalist shared photographs and movies from their journey to South Africa on social media this week, the place they’d an in depth encounter with a lion on one in every of their safari excursions.
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“Not gonna lie I nearly s— myself,” Biles wrote in a video posted to Instagram which confirmed a lion strolling proper by their guided tour.”
The journey comes after a busy yr for the couple.
Biles grew to become probably the most embellished U.S. Olympic gymnast (11) with the addition of 4 medals she gained in Paris this summer season. (simonebiles/ Instagram)
Biles gained 4 medals, together with three gold, in Paris to carry her whole Olympic medal rely to 11 — probably the most by any American gymnast.
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Her superb efficiency in Paris adopted her well-chronicled troubles on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She wrapped up the season because the runner-up for AP Feminine Athlete of the Yr honors, simply behind WNBA star Caitlin Clark.
Owens signed a two-year contract with the Bears in March after spending one season with the Packers. He was excused from the beginning of coaching camp this summer season to help his spouse as she went on to make historical past on the Olympics, and would go on to attain the Bears first landing of the season within the workforce’s season opener.
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Owens and Biles first met in 2020 and have been engaged simply two years later. The NFL participant discovered himself on the heart of on-line backlash in 2023 when he admitted that he initially didn’t know who she was after they first matched on a celeb courting app.
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