‘Never say never’: Simone Biles not ruling out competing at 2028 Olympics in LA

Simone Biles has retired her eponymous double pike vault after ‘nailing’ it in Paris. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images

Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe.

Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career on Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that even at 27 years old she remains in a class all by herself, she played coy when asked if the event marked the final time she would ever explode off the springboard in competition.