This year, thewomen’s teamis defending their two-time championship title in Tokyo (viaTime).
This typically joyous occasion is soured by Gina’s prison sentence.
She pleaded guilty to stealing from her clients and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on personal expenses.
“Simone really pushes because she pushes herself,” Simone’s mother, Nellie Biles, said.
“And I see her doing the same thing, too, with Jordan.
And that bond has just I mean, they fight, believe me.
We don’t get into it.
I don’t get in the way because the next minute, they’re hugging.
That’s a special relationship that they have.”
