The New Year gift might come in any shape. But have you ever heard of something like the last gift of the year? Well, Jonathan Owens can be a tough nut on the football field. He can also be a geek in the gallery of a gymnastics contest. However, he shows a very romantic side to his wife, Simone Biles. NFL and gymnastics fans have witnessed this saga multiple times. And now it’s time to see that romantic tale again on the last day of 2024. How?

On December 31, Simone Biles shared an Instagram story with a lovely caption. She wrote in the caption, “last flowers of 2024 [emoji] ilysm @jowens.” The story displayed a bouquet full of roses of several colors. For the gymnast, the year started with a tale of loneliness. Those days she was forced to spend her time in the couple’s Texas home while Jonathan remained engaged in his professional duty for the Green Bay Packers. Simone had no way out to break the chain, as she also committed something.

In those days, Simone Biles was looking to make a comeback to the national team. At 26, the task demanded something huge from her- the added commitment. However, the Olympian stood top at the test and brought a dramatic ending to her Paris Olympic stint, which she had named “Redemption Tour.” Meanwhile, the NFL safety continued to stand alongside her. First, he shifted from the Green Bay Packers to the Chicago Bears. The change in the NFL regiments shortened the geographical distance between the couple. Moreover, in the pre-season, Owens earned a special leave from the Bears only to attend the Paris Olympics and cheer for his wife.

The gymnastics fans remained witness to JO’s boisterous presence at Bercy Arena in each of Simone’s games. He did everything from the stand to cheer the former Olympic champion. The neat result? Biles left the French capital snagging four medals (including three golds). She completed her Redemption Tour with a fairy tale ending. The achievement made JO proud. Later, the time came to have support from his wife.

Nonetheless, Simone reciprocated by showing her support at every NFL game this season her husband played and being affectionate in public. Her attire often attracted eyes. Meanwhile, the couple’s PDAs gave new goals to the fans. The atmosphere persisted as Jonathan’s considerate New Year’s Eve present reignited Simone’s affection for him. However, Simone Biles had her own plans to commemorate the last day of the year.

Simone Biles does not believe in new year resolutions

On December 31, Simone Biles received a present from her spouse. On December 25, she also enjoyed time with Jonathan Owens. All these experiences could represent the traditions. But don’t count the seven-time Olympic champion as a firm believer in rituals or customs. She doesn’t have any resolutions set for the new year.

Yes, the most skilled elite gymnast doesn’t believe in setting New Year’s resolutions. Any reason to have such a mindset? In an interaction, the 27-year-old claimed, “No, because I feel like you always break them. I don’t have any.” But she has a few goals for the upcoming year. “Besides relaxing and going on a couple of vacations with my husband, I’m really just trying to be involved in the community as much as I can, as well as giving back,” Simone Biles revealed. No, it is not about gymnastics anymore. She has crossed that mark in 2024. At the end hours of 2024, she displayed the same mindset. How? In her post to welcome the New Year, Simone had more pictures of her personal life than her professional one. You can guess.

Simone Biles has confessed that her husband, Jonathan Owens, “knows so much about” gymnastics but she is still learning about football.

The 27-year-old gymnast revealed how much she and Jonathan know about one another’s sports in a new video shared by the official Olympics Instagram account.

To say 2024 was an outstanding year for USA Gymnastics would be an understatement. After the lackluster performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to Simone Biles’s debilitating bout of twisties, the entire squad was looking for redemption in Paris, and that’s exactly what they got. The grand finale of Biles’ redemption brought success for everyone in Team USA.

Now, the Olympics icon looking back at a stellar year the 27-year-old started as the defending world champion and ended as a three-time Paris Olympics gold medalist. After Tokyo 2020, Biles nearly drove herself to quit gymnastics. “I thought America hated me,” she confessed ahead of Paris 2024. However, after how things turned out, the Olympian couldn’t help but feel gratitude.

“Thank you, 2024,” wrote Simone Biles in her Instagram post. The gymnastics icon lay on the floor, surrounded by flowers and all seven of her Olympic medals. However, the defending world champion wasn’t the only one who looked back at 2024 with fond memories. Biles’ World Champions Center buddy and fellow Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles shared Team USA’s post.

“Leaving 2024 with a lot more hardware,” wrote the official Team USA Instagram handle. Chiles shared the image of herself posing with the Paris 2024 team all-around gold medal that Team USA had shared among many others. And while the bronze medal controversy caused the Olympian considerable distress, she chose to focus on the best part of her year.

Meanwhile, Simone Biles’ teammate Sunisa Lee bid farewell to 2024 in her way. Struggling with a chronic kidney issue, Lee had a hard time training but persevered to succeed at the U.S. Olympic trials and made it to Paris. While she couldn’t defend her all-around Olympic crown, Lee made a significant contribution to Team USA.

“2024 easily started as one of the hardest years but turned out to be one of the best years!! Truly so grateful for every opportunity and all the amazing people this year brought me. Here’s to 2025,” wrote the 21-year-old. And finally, we come to Cecile Landi, the woman who coached them all to glory at Paris 2024. Landi shared “24 pictures to say goodbye to 2024,” with Biles taking center stage among her athletes. However, the Olympian didn’t skip giving her coach her much-deserved flowers.

Simone Biles celebrated the women who made 2024 special

While Simone Biles was thankful for the success she saw in 2024, the Olympian made a separate post to celebrate the women who made it possible. The Olympic legend posted an image from the premiere of Simone Biles Rising Part II, where she posed alongside Landi and Team USA physician Marcia Faustin. She didn’t hesitate to praise the women in her post.

“Before the year ends, I wanna highlight these 2 ladies,” Simone Biles explained in her post. “Thanks for keeping me sane this year and making sure I never gave up on my dreams. Much love,” added the seven-time Olympic gold medalist. While Landi helped her pupil focus during practice and in competition, Faustin helped Biles stay on top physically and mentally off the mat.

So as the year came to an end, Biles hoped to make it clear that Cecile Landi was an integral part of her success. In fact, this isn’t the first or the only time the gymnast has praised her coach. When the 45-year-old left WCC to pursue her dream of coaching a college gymnastics team, Biles supported her long-time coach without hesitation.

“Simone was the first one to tell me: I’m so happy for you. You need to go.” Cecile Landi told the Washington Post in August 2024. So while Simone Biles celebrated the conclusion of an outstanding year alongside the community, she didn’t forget to celebrate the people who made it special.

Athletes, coaches, fans and even the wives and girlfriends all had their time in the spotlight after an eventful year of sports in 2024.

In a year that gave us the Olympics in Paris, a summer filled with the beautiful game from the Copa America and Euro tournaments, and a boom in the WNBA‘s popularity, athletes triggered the curious minds of fans and the general public for a variety of reasons.

Athletes who burst onto the scene this past year and others who have been around and continue to generate headlines have been subject to Google searches for stories of incredible feats and head-scratching controversies.

Spanish midfielder Rodri had a brilliant run in 2024 for club and country.

The Madrid native opened the year with four goals and seven assists to help Manchester City soar to the top of the Premier League.

After his season in England, Rodri helped the Spaniards win the UEFA Euro tournament playing in six matches and scoring a goal for La Rojas. His efforts for his nation earned Rodri the Player of the Tournament award.

Furthermore, his success for both sides earned him the coveted Ballon d’Or in November.

Indian batsman Shashank Singh gained headlines in 2024 after being purchased by the Punjab Kings in the IPL 2024 auction.

The transaction caused much confusion as two players with the same name were up for grabs and the Kings felt they had picked the wrong player. A clip of the incident went viral on social media not long after and the team clarified that they had indeed got the Shashank they wanted.

Despite the team’s disappointing ninth-place finish, Singh had 354 runs at an average of 44.25 and a strike rate of 164.65. He also hit two half-centuries, including 28 fours and 21 sixes.

Scottie Scheffler enjoyed a remarkable year out on the golf course as he secured nine wins in 21 competitions.

Scheffler emerged victorious in the Hero World Challenge, Tour Championship, Paris Olympics, Travelers Championship, Memorial Tournament, RBC Heritage, Masters Tournament, The Players Championship, and Arnold Palmer Invitational.

While he earned an estimated $58.5million this year, Scheffler made even more headlines off it during a mind-boggling series of events that saw him get arrested before the PGA Championship.

Incredible video saw him being pinned to a cop car, before he was taken to the cells and made to pose for a mugshot in orange prison uniform. Despite the chaos outside the course, Scheffler carried on with the competition and finished tied for eighth place – a remarkable response to a bizarre few days.

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya made noise during the 2024 Cricket T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies.

Pandya proved to be a force with both bat and ball as India secured their second title, besting South Africa by seven runs in the final.

The 31-year-old also shocked the cricket world when he moved to the Mumbai Indians after two seasons with the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He was named captain of the five-time championship team before they finished at the bottom of the IPL.

The Spanish national football team beamed with young talent this year, and one of the rising stars is 22-year-old winger Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao.

As La Roja proved their European supremacy at the Euros this summer, Williams was a key part of the Spaniards’ success, with two goals and an assist in the tournament.

Outside his national colors, Williams scored seven goals and dished out 16 assists for Bilbao across all competitions.

And it seems 2025 could be an even bigger year for the young star, with Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern Munich all reportedly sniffing around for his signature.

While fighting the 58-year-old version of Mike Tyson does not hold much weight in modern-day boxing, Jake Paul deserves the credit for bringing one of the all-time greats out of retirement to fight a much younger competitor.

While the fight was not as exciting as advertised, Paul and his team’s efforts to promote it were noteworthy. Furthermore, Paul’s brash behavior on and off social media kept his name in after a hashtag over the year.

Before finishing 2024 by starring in Netflix‘s first boxing event, Paul scored knockout wins over Ryan Bourland in March and Mike Perry in July.

Simone Biles took the 2024 Olympics by storm as she spearheaded the United States to the top of gymnastics supremacy.

After an unexpected exit from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, all eyes were on Biles as she returned to the Olympic stage in the French capital.

The Columbus, Ohio native did not disappoint as she added three golds and a silver to her incredible collection. Biles finishes 2024 with a total of seven golds, two silvers, and two bronzes in her Olympic career.

Off the field, she has also made headlines in the stands at Chicago Bears games, supporting her NFL husband Jonathan Owens.

Seventeen-year-old Spanish sensation Lamine Yamal became a household name after a spectacular year on the pitch.

Yamal shined in Spain’s route to winning the UEFA Euro tournament over the summer. The young ace had social media roaring when he became the youngest player to score in tournament history with a screamer against France in the semi-final.

The Barcelona star was named the Young Player of the Tournament before returning to the Catalan club and becoming the youngest player to reach 50 appearances for Barca’s first team while setting scoring and assist records across competitions.

Not a bad start to his career, that’s for sure.

Boxing legend Mike Tyson had fans equally excited and nervous when he announced that, at 58, he would be fighting against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, who is 30 years his junior.

Fans tuned into the buildup as Iron Mike appeared to show flashes of his terrifying young self. After all, he was once the world heavyweight champion who ended 44 of his 50 pro career wins via knockout.

The event was the first boxing card to stream on Netflix and both sides did their best to promote the gimmick bout. This included Tyson infamously slapping Paul on stage during their weigh-in stare-down.

While Fight Week proved to be a bizarre series of events leading up to a lackluster eight-rounder, the masses were intrigued by the idea of one of the boxing greats returning to action.

The 2024 Summer Olympics was marred with controversy from the get-go. But there might have been none bigger than the one surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.

Khelif took gold in the women’s welterweight competition despite calls for her to be barred from fighting female opponents almost a year after she was thrown out of the World Championships for allegedly failing gender eligibility tests.

It was later proven that Khelif was born a female and suffers from a rare condition called Differences in Sex Development, which can lead to developing XY chromosomes.

After suffering a verbal assault from the public, Khelif finished 2024 with not only a gold medal, but also Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year award.

Simone Biles has confessed that her husband, Jonathan Owens, “knows so much about” gymnastics but she is still learning about football.

The 27-year-old gymnast revealed how much she and Jonathan know about one another’s sports in a new video shared by the official Olympics Instagram account.

LAUSANNE, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) — The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) on Monday announced that American gymnast Simone Biles and Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis are the AIPS Athletes of the Year 2024, as voted by 518 journalists from 111 countries and regions.

Biles, who won three Olympic gold medals and one silver at Paris 2024, garnered 703 points to win the Best Female Athlete of the Year award for the fifth time, ahead of Spain and Barcelona footballer Aitana Bonmati, who was recently named the Best FIFA Women’s Player for a second consecutive year. Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, the nation’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist in the 100m and silver medalist in the 200m, rounded out the top three with 263 points.

Duplantis dominated the Best Male Athlete of the Year category with 603 points. The Swede, who had finished second in the 2022 and 2023 editions of the AIPS poll, finally secured the top prize for the first time. Serbian tennis icon Novak Djokovic, who at 37 became the oldest Olympic gold medalist in men’s singles and just the fifth tennis player to achieve a career Golden Slam, finished second with 368 points, while Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, who became the first male cyclist since 1987 to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of the men’s Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and world title in the same year, finished third.

Having defended its Copa America title, Argentina’s men’s football team was voted the AIPS Best Team of the Year 2024, while the Paris 2024 Olympic Games scooped the AIPS Best Press Facilities award.

Simone Biles is not just a world-class gymnast; she’s also a fashion icon in her own right. Biles is as much known for sports and fashion as she is for impressing her fans with her personal life and couple goals. Both Simone Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, often see supporting each other.

Whether Owens’ presence at the Paris Olympics or Biles support for Owens with a twist of surprise for him. They are couple goals! Simone Biles wore a special dress for Jonathan Owens featuring Owens himself. Yup! She showed up in a custom outfit featuring her husband for the Chicago Bears vs. Seattle Seahawks game on December 26, 2024.

Fans couldn’t stop adoring the beautiful dress. And everyone started talking about the mastermind behind the custom-made dress. Designer Kelly Daley is the one who poured her heart and mind into making the outfit. And bang! She is a viral designer now. She has gained widespread attention for her perfect blend of elegance and edge.

Simone Biles Shares New Year’s Eve Plans with Husband Jonathan — and Where They’ll Share a Midnight Kiss (Exclusive)

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens are gearing up to ring in the new year together!

The seven-time Olympic gold medalist, 27, tells PEOPLE that because of her husband’s busy NFL schedule, the couple will likely be cozied up at home when the ball drops. But despite their low-key plans, Biles says her husband has a cute gesture up his sleeve.

“Me and Jonathan were actually talking about it, and I’m like, ‘We’ll probably be in bed before the ball drops anyways,’ ” she explains to PEOPLE in a recent chat about her Athleta gift guide.  “And he said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll get up. I’ll set an alarm for 12 so I could kiss you.’ ”

And while Biles, who will likely be curled up in some of her favorite Athleta pieces like the Forever Fleece High Rise Jogger and the Easy Fleece Half Zip this holiday season, “never really” makes a New Year’s resolutions because of her packed schedule, she says, “I just try to be the best person that I can be regardless.”

The couple will be spending much of the holiday season in Chicago this year, where Owens is currently playing for the Chicago Bears. Though Biles will miss being with her extended family on Christmas Day, due to Owens’ home game on Dec. 26, she says she looks forward to getting some quality time with her husband.

“This will be the first Christmas that we’ll spend alone together as a couple, which is actually really nice,” she says.

Looking beyond the football season, Biles says the pair, who tied the knot in 2023, are hoping to do some traveling together in the coming months.

“Jonathan and I want to go on a couple of vacations, we’re planning those out right now,” she says of her plans in the coming months. “But other than that, just trying to give back to the community as much as I can because they’ve supported me through this journey.”

As to if she’ll return to the Olympics for the 2028 games in L.A., though, Biles says she’s not making any decisions just yet.

“Absolutely not,” she says when asked if she’s given more thought to her return. “We’re barely done with this year.”

Simone Biles has had an incredible year. And this holiday season, she’s thanking those who helped make it one for the books.

Today, the Olympic gymnast took to her Instagram page, sharing some photos of herself with her coach Cécile Landi and Dr. Marcia Faustin, co-head team physician for UC Davis Division I Collegiate Athletics and the U.S. Gymnastics women’s team. In the post, she expressed gratitude for the guidance and training over the course of her Olympic journey.

“before the year ends, I wanna highlight these 2 ladies,” Biles wrote in the post’s caption. “thanks for keeping me sane this year and making sure I never gave up on my dreams 💗much love.”

This past summer, Biles took home three gold medals from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, bringing her total number of gold medals to seven, and total number of medals overall to 11. Additionally, Biles was the subject of a two-part Netflix docuseries called “Simone Biles Rising,” which explored her journey to the 2024 games, as well as her time in Paris.

She was also the star of the “Gold Over America Tour,” in which several Team USA gymnasts toured the country showing off their routines over music and elaborate stage production. And in the days since, she’s been showing support for her husband Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens during the NFL seasons, wearing iconic outfits from the stands.

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