01 July,2021 12:15 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Jonathan Owens with Simone Biles
American gymnast Simone Biles may be one of the most celebrated athletes in the world, but National Football League star Jonathan Owens had no idea who she was when they started dating.
According to insider.com, in the third episode of Biles's docuseries, Simone vs Herself, speaking of the early days of his relationship with Biles, he said he knew she was a gymnast but wasn't aware that she was âthe gymnast.'
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"Her work ethic was really the first thing that caught my eye. I never really watched gymnastics before I first started talking to her. When I met her, I honestly didn't know who she was. It was just like âOh, she has a lot of followers - she must be pretty good or something.' That's how I would tell people and they'd be like âSimone Biles?! You for real, the gymnast?!' And I'm like âMan, she's good like that,' " Owens said.
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At the Rio Olympics, Biles won four golds and one bronze medal to become the most decorated gymnast - man or woman - in the history of world gymnastics.
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