Simone Biles is already a goddess. I mean, her gymnastics resume speaks for itself: multi-event Olympic gold medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, 10-time world champion (plus four other world championship medals). The list goes on.
But Biles has really outdone herself this time. She took to Twitter to post a (totally PG) video of herself taking her pants off … while doing a handstand.
Watch this impressive bit of gymnastics yourself:
https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1249081262939287553?
Biles’ video was a riff on the handstand challenge started by actor Tom Holland, who managed to put a shirt on while doing a handstand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJU8T69t-4
As difficult as taking your pants off in a handstand might look, a couple of other people managed to successfully complete the challenge set forth by Biles (and as far as we can tell, they sure aren’t Olympic-level gymnasts, either):
THIS WAS HARD OMG🤯 pic.twitter.com/p8WHk8evs6
— Makayla🦋✨⚡️ (@MakaylaSheahan) April 11, 2020
I mean seriously what is this sorcery?
My daughter loves you and took your challenge. @Simone_Biles pic.twitter.com/SkVr7ztII0
— Greg Boyd (@boyd220) April 12, 2020
Meanwhile, other people simply watched in awe and applauded Biles’ talent, including Chrissy Teigen:
Simone I have to lay down and have someone else do it normally
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 11, 2020
Other people mentioned that they have a hard time just balancing on two feet most days:
I struggle standing, never mind handstanding pic.twitter.com/BG57CjyRHc
— Pyxis (@flapsticks) April 12, 2020
Still others compared Biles’ epic talent to another slightly more common occurrence:
Dang girl! I thought I was talented when I leanred to remove my bra without taking my shirt off first. I thought wrong!
— Wash Your Hands 😺 (@mandolynhicks) April 11, 2020
Now, the only question becomes whether the Olympic committee will consider making pants-removal handstanding a new Olympic event? I mean, it could happen, right? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if they get wise.
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