post Share on Facebook Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has announced she is retiring due to her pregnancy, Fox News reported.
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This claim is inaccurate: A Fox News spokesperson confirmed to Check Your Fact that the media outlet had not reported the story.
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Biles and her teammates bowed to Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade on the podium at the Paris Olympics after winning the gold medal. todayAccording to the outlet, Andrade won the gold medal in the women’s floor exercise, and Biles said the pair reminisced about their victory again after returning to the Olympic Village.
Facebook Post Fox News claims to have reported that Biles announced she was pregnant and retiring. The post includes a photo of Biles with his arm around her. Her husband is NFL player Jonathan Owens.
“BREAKING: Fox News reports that Simone Biles, America’s all-time most decorated Olympic gymnast, has announced her retirement at age 27 after winning gold at the Paris Olympics and revealed that she is ‘planning to have a baby’ with husband Jonathan Owens,” the caption read.
However, this claim is inaccurate; there have been no news reports of this. Fox News Website. (Related: Does this video show Christian protests in Paris after the Opening Ceremony?
“This is false information and has never been reported by Fox News,” a Fox News spokesperson confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact.
After competing in Paris, Biles reportedly confided that she wants to have children with her husband. Daily MailBut Biles said she During pregnancy or Retire. When asked if she would retire after the Paris Olympics, Biles recently said: Reuters“I can’t say never. The next Olympics are in the country so you never know what’s going to happen. But I’m really old.”
Check Your Fact has reached out to Biles’ publicist for comment.
