“IT WAS DONE but has no AC and it’s like 9,000 degrees," Simone Biles wrote in an Instagram story. The selfie in the story shows her with a simple ponytail.
Biles defended her hairstyle, asking others not to comment on a Black girl's hair, and spoke about her journey to love her hair.
Biles qualified at the top of her group in the all-around event, performed what was described as the "hardest vault in the world," and won her fifth Olympic gold medal, leading Team USA to victory in the women's gymnastics team final.
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