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Simone Biles and more of the world’s best gymnasts will dance and tumble to songs by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé during competition at the Olympic Games in Paris this week—for which the artists will reportedly earn royalty payments.
Biles, who competes the most difficult floor routine in the world and earned the highest floor score during Sunday’s qualification round, opens her routine with Swift’s “…Ready For It?” which transitions into “Delresto (Echoes)” by Travis Scott and Beyoncé.
Team USA’s Jordan Chiles, who qualified alongside Biles to the floor exercise final, performs her routine to a Beyoncé medley, with songs including “Black Parade,” “My House,” “Energy” and Destiny’s Child’s “Lose My Breath.”
Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade, considered Biles’ toughest competitor, earned the second-highest floor score of the qualification round to Beyoncé’s “End of Time.”
Jade Carey, an American gymnast and the reigning Olympic champion on floor exercise, performs her routine to the White Stripes’ hit “Seven Nation Army.”
Brazil’s Jade Barbosa performs her floor routine to an instrumental version of Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” and does choreography that mirrors that from Spears’ “Oops!… I Did It Again” video.
How Have Swift And Beyoncé Responded?
Swift praised Biles in a post on X following her performance at the Olympic Trials in June: “Watched this so many times and still unready. She’s ready for it tho.” Beyoncé sent Chiles a signed vinyl of her “Cowboy Carter” album, the gymnast posted on Instagram, alongside a note that wished her good luck at the Olympics. Chiles said on Instagram she was “screaming” and “crying” when she received the gift from Beyoncé.
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