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Simone Biles<\/strong><\/a> has Taylor Swift\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> stamp of approval after using one of the pop star\u2019s songs in the music for her floor routine at the gymnastics Olympic trials. The professional athlete\u2019s music featured the beat of \u201c\u2026Ready for It?\u201d from Taylor\u2019s 2017 album, Reputation<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cWatched this so many times and still unready,\u201d Taylor, 34, wrote on X<\/a>, in response to a full video of Simone\u2019s routine. \u201cShe\u2019s ready for it tho.\u201d She also included several clapping emojis, a gold medal emoji, an American Flag emoji and a red heart emoji.<\/p>\n After the opening music of \u201c\u2026Ready for It?\u201d played and Simone, 27, did her thing, the announcer confirmed, \u201cTriple double, hardest tumbling pass in the entire world right there.\u201d The gymnast received the highest score of the day for her floor routine, while also coming in first place for the all-around and vault.<\/p>\n At the 2016 Olympics, Simone won three solo gold medals and a gold medal with her United States teammates. She returned for the 2020 Olympics, which took place during summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but only competed in the vault and balance beam. She withdrew from the rest of the competition due to a mental block.<\/p>\n \u201cWalking away from the Olympic Games was a win in itself,\u201d she explained in 2022. \u201cI know a lot of people thought I failed because they expected me to go out with five or six medals, but walking out of it was my biggest win. I had to put myself into consideration for one of the first times throughout my career. Most of the time, I\u2019ve always put myself on the back burner<\/a>, because I\u2019ve always cared and thought about everybody else before myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Taylor supported Simone during this time too. When the Ohio native returned to compete on balance beam after sitting out from competing for several days at the 2020 Olympics, the \u201cFortnight\u201d singer filmed a video to promote the performance.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do we want from our heroes?\u201d she asked, along with a clip previewing Simone\u2019s beam performance. \u201cWhat do we expect from them? What do we need from them? What happens when they surprise us?\u201d The clip then pivoted to show Simone\u2019s rough vault performance from earlier in the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n Taylor continued, \u201cWhen you have the attention of the world, everything you do takes a bigger meaning. It can be a heavy burden. It can be a chance to change everything.\u201d In the background, her 2020 song \u201cThis Is Me Trying\u201d was playing.<\/p>\n Simone responded to the preview video by writing on X (then-Twitter), \u201cI\u2019m crying. How special. I love you @taylorswift13.\u201d<\/p>\n Amid Simone\u2019s journey to make it back on the Olympic team for 2024, Taylor is on the summer European leg<\/a> of her Eras tour. On Sunday, June 30, she\u2019ll play her third show in Dublin, Ireland, before having a few days off. The tour resumes on Thursday, July 4, in Amsterdam, which will be the first of three concerts there.<\/p>\n The Eras tour will continue throughout the rest of this year, wrapping the European leg in mid-August and resuming with some dates in the United States and Canada from October to December.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n