Simone Biles ’ husband, Jonathan Owens , is cheering her on via social media as she takes part in her final events of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, August 5. Owens, 29, shared a video of him watching televised coverage of Biles’ final events — the women’s gymnastics balance beam and floor finals — via Instagram Stories early Monday morning. In the clip, he can be heard saying, “Let’s go!” Over the video, he posted several hand-clapping emojis.
The Chicago Bears safety was in Paris to support his wife, 27, in person after being granted special leave from preseason training by the NFL team. However, he is now back in the U.S.
On Sunday, Owens shared a slideshow of photographs of him training with the Bears via Instagram and captioned it, “Back at it 🏈.” Biles has already won three gold medals during the 2024 Paris Olympics. On Saturday, August 3, she won gold in the women’s vault final.
Earlier in the week, Biles and Team USA won gold in the women’s all-around team final. Biles then won the individual all-around competition. Biles recently defended her husband after he was criticized for wearing one of her newly won gold medals in a photo shared via Instagram.
“Crazy thing is, I put my medal on every single one of my family members and took pictures. so don’t ever make assumptions. 🙄,” she wrote via Instagram.
“like y’all are so f–king miserable. leave us alone.” Owens incited controversy in December 2023 when he spoke about the .