Winner! Gymnast Simone Biles takes stars' handstand challenge to a whole new level by taking off her sweatpants while balancing upside down - and she doesn't need a wall for support
- Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles, 23, removed her bottoms with her feet
- The US gymnast completed the challenge without using any support
- Actor Tom Holland, 23, was the first celebrity to have completed the challenge
Champion gymnast Simone Biles has taken the celebrity handstand challenge to new heights after she removed her sweatpants with her feet while balancing on her hands.
The US four-time Olympic gold medallist ramped up the challenge - which has so far seen stars putting on T-shirts while supported against a wall - by balancing in the middle of the room.
Last week Biles, pictured with her gold medal in Rio, Brazil, on August 16, 2016, refused to rule out retiring from the Olympics after the Tokyo games were postponed until 2021
The challenge was initially created by Hollywood actor Tom Holland, 23, who put on a shirt while completing a handstand against a wall.
His Spider-Man: Far From Home co-star Jake Gyllenhaal also posted an attempt to social media after accepting Holland’s challenge.
Now though, Biles has taken the challenge to a new level - and posted her version on Instagram.
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US Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles, 23, takes the handstand challenge to a new level by removing her pink Nike sweatpants with her feet without using the wall for support
The Olympian struggles to free her right leg from her pink bottoms but cheers are heard from people watching off-camera
In the video she can be seen performing a handstand on a purple exercise mat, but unlike other celebrities, isn’t using a wall for support.
Demonstrating incredible control and strength, Giles moves around the mat on her hands while grappling with her pink bottoms with her feet.
She seems to have little problem at first and removes her left leg completely from the clothing.
The right leg proves slightly trickier but Biles receives cheers of support from people watching off-camera.
They can be heard yelling: ‘Keep going! You almost have it.’
Biles pulls her other leg free from the sweatpants at the end of the video and receives cheers from people off-camera.
Her amazing performance has been viewed over two million times in two days.
@nblouise110 said the attemmpt was the ‘best hand stand ever.’
While Instyle magazine commented asking: ‘Now Simone… who else can do this!?’
Last week the American gymnast, described as the ‘greatest gymnast ever’ by Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton, refused to rule out retiring before the Tokyo games in 2021.
Speaking last week after the games were postponed she told the Wall Street Journal: ‘I haven’t decided not to do it, but I haven’t really decided to do it.’Last week
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