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Simone Biles<\/strong><\/a> wants to take in the moments of her Olympic victories without worrying about the future. After winning a gold medal in vault on Saturday, August, 3, Simone took to X<\/a> to shut down people asking her about her plans for what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n \u201cyou guys really gotta stop asking athletes what\u2019s next after they win a medal at the Olympics,\u201d Simone, 27, wrote. \u201clet us soak up the moment we\u2019ve worked our whole lives for.\u201d<\/p>\n The professional athlete has already won three gold medals at the 2024 Games, taking home the top honor in the team competition, individual all-around, and vault. She will compete on balance beam and floor exercise on Monday, August 5.<\/p>\n Despite Simone\u2019s frustrations regarding questions about her future, she did answer a question<\/a> about whether she\u2019ll return for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles during a press conference after her vault victory. Simone confirmed that she wouldn\u2019t compete the difficult Yurchenko double pike again, but didn\u2019t rule out a return to the Olympics.<\/p>\n \u201cNever say never,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cThe next Olympics is at home. So, you just never know. But I am getting really old<\/a>.\u201d Simone is the oldest gymnast on the U.S. women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n With her three gold medals at the 2024 Games, the Ohio native is now a seven-time gold medal winner. She previously took home the honor in the team competition, all-around, vault, and floor at the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro. That year, she also won bronze on balance beam. At the 2020 Games, Simone earned a silver medal as part of Team USA, but then withdrew from several competitions due to suffering a mental block called the \u201ctwisties.\u201d She returned for balance beam and won bronze once again.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I was going to be competing again after Tokyo<\/a>,\u201d Simone admitted in her Netflix docuseries Simone Biles: Rising<\/em>. \u201cI had to fight demons, day in and day out in training. I really have to prove to myself that I can do this. I get to write my own ending.\u201d<\/p>\n Along with Simone, the United States gymnastics team also includes Jade Carey, Hezly Rivera, Suni Lee <\/strong>and Jordan Chiles<\/strong>. Aside from Hezly, 16, all of the women were also on the team in Tokyo in 2021 (the 2020 Games were postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic).<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I learned the most about myself during Tokyo,\u201d Simone previously said. \u201cHow courageous, how brave I am. Because I always like to fake bravery. But I really think that solidified me being brave, speaking up for myself and just putting myself first.\u201d<\/p>\n