Spring resident Simone Biles said goodbye today to instructors and students at her family’s gymnastics facility as she prepares to head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 26 to compete as part of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team. At least 46 of Biles’ family members from around the country plan to travel to Rio to watch the competition, said Adam Biles, Simone’s brother and general manager of the family-owned World Champions Centre gym on Birnham Woods Drive. Biles will leave the Spring area for training at the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville on Sunday and will travel to Rio with the rest of her team on July 26. The Olympic opening ceremonies are scheduled for Aug. 5 and qualification rounds in women’s gymnastics begin Aug. 7. For more information, visit here.

Source: Community Impact News