Simone Biles Rising (Season 1)

Simone Biles Rising (2024) is a documentary series you can watch online on iFILM. The most decorated gymnast in the sport gets ready to compete again — this time at the Paris Olympics.

After she pulled out of finals in Tokyo with the "twisties," a sudden loss of air awareness, plenty of people wrote her off. The series follows her through therapy, training and ordinary days with husband Jonathan Owens, showing what it actually costs to come back when your body stops obeying you. Rivals and idols show up too, from Nadia Comăneci to the young U.S. squad.

It's a candid look at the price of elite sport and at how talking openly about mental health stopped being taboo. Director Katie Walsh skips the halo and films a real person. Stream Simone Biles Rising (2024) online on iFILM.