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JO: Simone Biles, the first sportswoman to have her emoji on Twitter

2021-07-22T12:15:07.672Z


The American gymnast, who is seeking gold in Tokyo, will be represented on the social network by a goat wearing a leotard.


American gymnast Simone Biles is the first sportswoman to have her emoji on Twitter, the social network announced on Thursday.

The emoji (pictogram used on social networks and mobile phones) represents a goat wearing a leotard, a gold medal around the neck, a reference to the title of best gymnast in history (Greatest of all time, GOAT , a word which means goat in English), which she readily claims.

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Biles herself began competing in a leotard adorned with a sequined goat's head in order, she says, to spark vocations. "

I hope that the children who watch will no longer be ashamed of being good at whatever it is,

" she explained recently in an interview.

Source: lefigaro

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