Serena Williams pays a visit to the Simone Biles led 'GOAT' tour in Florida along with her husband Alexis Ohanian and daughter Olympia

By Animesh Pandey

Modified Oct 14, 2024 01:54 GMT

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Serena Williams recently paid a visit to the Simone Biles-led 'Gold over America Tour' alongside her husband Alexis Ohanian, and her daughter Olympia. The 'GOAT' troupe was performing at the Kia Center in Florida.

Williams not only cheered for Biles alongside her husband but also posed with the entire team for a photograph. Simone Biles posted the photograph on her Instagram story with the caption,

"@serenawilliams [Goat Emojis]"

Screengrab of Simone Biles' Instagram Story [Image Source : Simone Biles' Instagram]

The American tennis legend reciprocated the same by reposting Biles' story on her Instagram account, with the caption,

"Know you are [Goat Emoji]"

The 18th stop of the 'Gold over America Tour' was equally well received. Williams' husband Ohanian was in awe of the crowd, and shared a video of the same, writing on his X account,

"Packed house for @Simone_Biles and the crew"

Ohanian further posted on his X account,

"I had to take S & Jr to see ' Gold Over America Tour. Packed house. Awesome night. Don't miss it if they're coming to your town. And thank you Simone and for absolutely making Olympia's MONTH."

Simone Biles and her 'Gold over America Tour' troupe performed at the Kia Center in Florida, before proceeding to the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, where they performed another concert on October 13. The troupe will now move towards the state of Missouri, where they will perform on October 15 and October 16 at Family Arena in St. Charles, and T-Mobile Center in Kansas City respectively.

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Simone Biles on partnering with Serena Williams

Simone Biles at the US Open Championships 2024 [Image Source : Getty]

Simone Biles is to artistic gymnastics what Serena Williams has been to tennis. Both have won multiple championships and have made the USA proud at the Olympics more than once.

When Biles paid a visit to the US Open, she was asked multiple tennis-related questions by the journalists. On being asked whom she would like to team up with in the doubles event, the Olympic champion replied,

"Definitely, Serena Williams. I mean she is the GOAT in tennis, so that would be my partner if I had to choose."

Interestingly, Williams had similar ideas. She further revealed that she was initially interested in gymnastics before she ultimately took up tennis.

"I used to want to be a gymnast but chose tennis lol. So I'll def be your partner," she said.

Williams has been in awe of Biles since 2016. In an interview with FADER in 2016, the American tennis legend mentioned,

"....I think all of the women (Biles and swimmer Simone Manuel) are so poised. I really find them so amazing, especially Biles. Her comments, her performance, I feel like she’s 35 years old, mentally. She’s just so incredible. If anything, I wish I could be like her when I was younger."

Simone Biles is now one of the most decorated female American gymnast of all times. With 7 Olympic golds, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals, Biles is joint second with former Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska in terms of the most number of Olympic medals won in gymnastics.