Simone Biles brought her A-game to the vault finals at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
The 27-year-old gymnast wore a red leotard for the Saturday, Aug. 3 event, where she won the gold medal. Her teammate Jade Carey took home the bronze medal.
The Patriotic Poise leotard — which Biles debuted during the vault finals in Paris — had sheer panels spliced into the fabric for added flair. But the real bit of pizzazz came from the crystals. This leotard has 3,600 ruby and garnet Swarovski crystals scattered across the stretch satin material, including a crisscross pattern across the front. It also featured a higher neckline and long sleeves with a bit of a pattern on the sheer panels.
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At this year’s games, Biles and the rest of the U.S. gymnastics team (Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera) came armed with eight different dazzling leotards. Designed by sportswear brand GK Elite, the outfits have been in the works for the past two years and are covered in thousands of Swarovski crystals.
“They’re really evening-wear looks,” Jeanne Diaz, the design director of GK Elite, told The New York Times. “We wanted to lean into that hard for Paris, the fashion capital of the world. So we utilized a lot of high fashion elements, looked at a lot of corsetry, at Art Nouveau architecture, at old Hollywood glamour of the 1920s.”
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The U.S. team wear the same leotard to the team competition, and for the Tuesday, July 30, event, they opted for the Go for Glory design. The red, white and blue look features close to 10,000 authentic Swarovski crystals. The team truly did go for the glory and took home the gold medal in the team finals.
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For the rest of the gymnastics events, the athletes can each choose their leotards. At the women’s all-around final on Thursday, Aug. 1 (where she earned the gold medal), Biles wore the Luminous Legacy leotard. The sparkling blue ensemble is a superhero-inspired design that features 10,000 meticulously placed crystals.
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Biles took the mat for the women’s qualification on Sunday, July 28, in the Star Spangled Shine design, which features a star pattern and 6,359 crystals.
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For a training session on Thursday, July 25, the Olympian chose the Sovereign Sparkle. The firework-inspired design features 3,423 crystals, sheer sleeves and a keyhole design on the back.
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