Current:Home > NewsLook: Olympic medalist Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Houston Astros MLB game -Capitatum
Look: Olympic medalist Simone Biles throws out first pitch at Houston Astros MLB game
View
Date:2025-04-13 22:03:30
Simone Biles is very familiar with winning medals at the Olympics.
However, the 11-time Olympic medalist is also growing familiar with the MLB pitching mound. On Friday, Biles threw out the first pitch ahead of the Houston Astros' game against the Kansas City Royals. Biles, who grew up in Spring, Texas, in the Houston metropolitan area, was among the Houston-area Olympians honored Friday. However, she got another opportunity to throw out a first pitch.
Sporting a light-blue Houston hat, a navy blue Astros jersey with the number 24 on the back, and white boots, Biles fired a ball over the plate at Minute Maid Park. It was a straight-up first pitch, without any gymnastics moves, as she had previously done when throwing out a first pitch. She did, however, stick the landing.
The seven-time gold medalist had thrown out the first pitch in 2016 and 2019. Biles has also been spotted on the sideline at Chicago Bears' preseason games, rooting on husband Jonathan Owens.
REQUIRED READING:Patrick Mahomes: Taylor Swift is so interested in football that she's 'drawing up plays'
Follow every MLB game: Latest MLB scores, stats, schedules and standings.
Simone Biles' prior first pitches
Ahead of a game against the Seattle Mariners, Biles performed a flip before firing off a pitch to home plate.
Ahead of Game 2 of the 2019 World Series, Biles pulled a twisting somersault and backflip in front of the mound before grabbing a ball and firing it to home plate.
veryGood! (9)
Related
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Theft of 2 million dimes from truckload of coins from US Mint leaves four facing federal charges
- What does 'fyi' mean in text? Here's the 411 on how to use it correctly.
- 20 years after shocking World Series title, ex-owner Jeffrey Loria reflects on Marlins tenure
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Gov. Whitmer criticizes MSU for ‘scandal after scandal,’ leadership woes
- Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says
- How long before a phone is outdated? Here's how to find your smartphone's expiration date
- Kansas City Chiefs CEO's Daughter Ava Hunt Hospitalized After Falling Down a Mountain
- Texas coach Steve Sarkisian provides update on quarterback Quinn Ewers' status
Ranking
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Kim Kardashian Gives a Sweet Shoutout to Kourtney Kardashian After Sister Misses Her Birthday Dinner
- New deadly bird flu cases reported in Iowa, joining 3 other states as disease resurfaces
- How Taylor Swift Made Drew Barrymore Feel Ready to Fill the Blank Space in Her Love Life
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- DeSantis PAC attack ad hits Nikki Haley on China, as 2024 presidential rivalry grows
- Air France pilot falls 1,000 feet to his death while hiking tallest mountain in contiguous U.S.
- 35 years later, Georgia authorities identify woman whose body was found in a dumpster
Recommendation
Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
Pat McAfee hints he may not be part of ESPN's 'College GameDay' next year
Vic Fischer, last surviving delegate to Alaska constitutional convention, dies at age 99
Shay Mitchell Launches New BÉIS Plaid Collection Just in Time for the Holidays
Family of explorer who died in the Titan sub implosion seeks $50M-plus in wrongful death lawsuit
Search for suspect in fatal shooting of Maryland judge continues for a fourth day
Biden and Netanyahu agree to continue flow of aid into Gaza, White House says
King of the entertainment ring: Bad Bunny now a playable character in WWE 2K23 video game