Current:Home > MarketsSimone Biles, pop singer SZA appear in 2024 Paris Olympics spot for NBC -AssetTrainer
Simone Biles, pop singer SZA appear in 2024 Paris Olympics spot for NBC
View
Date:2025-04-17 07:33:44
For anybody wondering about the social media posts involving pop singer SZA and Simone Biles, the answer came Monday morning.
To continue its promotion of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, NBC released another celebrity-athlete crossover involving one of Team USA's biggest stars. In this two-minute spot, SZA traveled to Biles' training headquarters in Spring, Texas, for a conversation – and some gymnastics fun.
SZA, real name Solána Imani Rowe, has previously said her music has been inspired by gymnastics – a sport she participated in for 13 years.
"This is my dream to talk to you," SZA said in the clip.
Biles and SZA discussed the latter's former time as a gymnast. Biles then challenged the GRAMMY-award winner to a handstand contest, which SZA appears to have won, although Biles' effort wasn't necessarily as formidable as what she put forward during the U.S. gymnastics trials over the weekend. Biles secured her spot on the 2024 squad by winning the women's all-around at U.S. Olympic trials over the weekend in Minneapolis.
Already the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history, Biles is going to her third Games and is trying to become the first woman to win two all-around gold medals since the 1960s.
A different celebrity-athlete spot, featuring track and field star Sha'Carri Richardson and singer Cardi B ("When Sha'Carri Met Cardi"), aired during the network's Kentucky Derby coverage on May 5.
NBC has leaned into the celebrity angle to promote and cover the Olympics. For example, Snoop Dogg will be a correspondent for the network in Paris.
Additionally, Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson are joining the opening ceremony broadcast as co-hosts with Mike Tirico.
veryGood! (66236)
Related
- Brianna LaPaglia Reveals The Meaning Behind Her "Chickenfry" Nickname
- Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks
- United States men's national soccer team friendly vs. Brazil: How to watch, rosters
- Paris Hilton Shares Insight Into Sofia Richie's New Chapter as a Mom
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Is Hunter Biden going to prison? What to know about the possible sentence after his conviction
- African elephants have individual name-like calls for each other, similar to human names, study finds
- These July 4th-Inspired Items Will Make You Say U-S-A!
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- FBI quarterly report shows 15% drop in violent crime compared to last year
Ranking
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Aaron Rodgers skipping New York Jets minicamp another example of bad optics from QB
- South Carolina baseball lures former LSU coach Paul Mainieri out of retirement
- Sexyy Red arrested on disorderly conduct charge following altercation at airport
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Jets' Aaron Rodgers misses mandatory minicamp; absence defined as 'unexcused'
- Judge sets hearing over alleged leak of Nashville school shooter info to conservative outlet
- Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizeable case backlog
Recommendation
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
Miley Cyrus Details Relationship With Parents Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus Amid Rumored Family Rift
South Carolina baseball lures former LSU coach Paul Mainieri out of retirement
Tiger Woods feeling at home with 'hot, humid' conditions at US Open
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
Southern Baptists to decide whether to formally ban churches with women pastors
Pamela Smart accepts responsibility in husband's 1990 murder for first time
Teen Mom Star Amber Portwood's Fiancé Gary Wayt Reported Missing Days After Engagement News