Biles set for ’60 Minutes,’ Facebook series

By David Barron

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles of Spring will discuss her preparation for the 2021 Olympic Games in an interview on “60 Minutes” at 6 p.m. CT Sunday on the CBS Television Network.

Biles, 23, who trains at the Biles family’s World Champions Centre in Montgomery County, discussed the delayed Olympics with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi in the interview that airs Sunday night.

When the Olympic postponement was announced last spring, she said, “I just sat there and I was like, ‘I really don’t know how I’m going do this.’… Mentally, that was going to be the hardest part because pushing through those trainings when I had in my mind, ‘In three months I’ll be done,’ it’s like,  how do you push back for another year?”

Biles also discusses the ongoing USA Gymnastics scandal stemming from the sexual abuse that she and others suffered at the hands of disgraced sports physician Larry Nassar and said that if she has children, she would not allow them to compete in the sport.

“I don’t feel comfortable enough, because they haven’t taken accountability for their actions and what they’ve done,” she told CBS. “And they haven’t ensured us that it’s never going to happen again.”

Also Thursday, Biles said she will appear in a Facebook Watch Original docuseries called “Simone vs Herself.” A preview of the series can be seen here.  https://www.facebook.com/vsonwatch/videos/281465653547384

Photo: CBS Broadcasting Network