As Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever team prepared to take on the Connecticut Sun, supporters of the team bit their nails with excitement. The Sun showed up as Goliath in the David versus. Goliath match, having defeated the Fevers three times already this season. If Indiana Fever loses again, their hopes of making the playoffs are in risk. However, with Gabby Thomas and Simone Biles present, the outcome of the game on Wednesday night was different.
Olympic heroes from Team USA cheered them on as Clark and her teammates defeated the Connecticut Sun 84-80. With the victory, they cemented their postseason prospects by moving up to the seventh spot in the league. As the women headed to the locker room, Biles and Thomas welcomed them, but the WNBA stars had one more surprise in store for them.
The official Indiana Fever X-handle stated, “The squad was ecstatic to meet Simone Biles and Gabby Thomas after our win at @GainbridgeFH (Gainbridge Fieldhouse).” The two Olympians, who between them have ten Olympic gold medals, astounded Caitlin Clark and the other members of the Fever team. The victorious WNBA stars turned into fangirls right away.
During their photo shoot with the gymnastics and tracks and field icon, Kelsey Mitchell, Victaria Saxton, Aliyah Boston, and other participants genuinely leaped with excitement.Simone Biles herself shared the video on social media and again congratulated her fellow athletes.EVERYONE VIEWS FOOTBALL AND SPORTS. I’m overjoyed to be there to support! My first WNBA game, to be sure, wrote the 27-year-old.
Gabby Thomas also shared several Instagram stories ahead of and after the game’s high-octane contest. She also shared the clip Indiana Fever posted on their Instagram handle, as well as her still with Simone Biles and Caitlin Clark. The Indian Fever star also tanked the entire crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a press conference after their victory.
“I’m proud of our group… We came in very motivated, very excited for this game. I thought our crowd was honestly incredible,” said the 22-year-old icon. It was this incredible support that led Simone Biles to get excited about the future of women’s sports at large. After all, Biles played a pivotal role in the evolution of women’s sports in the Olympics.
How Simone Biles helped spark the change that made Paris 2024 historic
The Olympics has always been in the forefront as the biggest celebration of competitive sports. The Olympics has incited change by introducing lesser-known sports to a global audience and shining the spotlight on the athletes and their journey. However, Paris 2024 will go down in history as the first Summer Games to achieve numerical gender parity.
In 32 different sports, 5,250 women competed in Paris. But without athletes like Simone Biles, it wouldn’t be feasible. The four golds and one silver that Biles earned in 2016 helped the women’s team from Team USA surpass the men. The same situation occurred in 2021 even though there were more men than women. There were two Summer Games featuring the GOAT.
The women have now surpassed the men in the medal count once more at Paris 2024, when Thomas and Biles each took home three gold medals. These kinds of accomplishments are what are advancing women’s sports. Famous sportsmen propelled expansion by 32% between 2021 and 2024, as per Forbes. It follows that the Olympic champions’ presence to support their fellow competitors was expected.
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