Aly Raisman catches Simone Biles napping on a plane like a champion

She deserves a gold medal for sleeping.
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Keith Wagstaff
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Simone Biles is exhausted. She won five medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio, posed for selfies with basically everyone at the closing ceremony, and was even attacked by a bee.

So it's understandable she would want to get some rest on the flight home. Unfortunately for her, Biles' teammate Aly Raisman was there to document everything.

It turns out Simone Biles is also the best at falling asleep on an airplane. She's such a badass she doesn't even use a neck pillow, even though there is one on the seat right next to her.


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The tweet seems to suggest that Biles has accused Raisman -- who won three medals in Rio -- of having grandma-like tendencies, which makes us very curious. Perhaps Raisman was caught sipping herbal tea while watching Murder, She Wrote? Or handing out hard candies?

Regardless, Biles seemed to take the whole thing in stride, retweeting the granny-esque pic on her own account. Possibly while still asleep, like some kind of magic person.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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