--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Simone Biles More Happy For Aly Raisman description: In a super-sweet Instagram note, Biles says she's "more proud" of her teammate (and team captain) Raisman's Olympic success than of her own. canonical: https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-12T21:45:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:28.297Z og:title: Simone Biles 'More Happy' For Aly Raisman Than For Herself og:description: In a sweet note, Biles says she's "more proud" of her teammate's success. og:url: https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta93dd6fd7cf91a79/6988a240f887dc58e0e970f1/simone-biles-aly-raisman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Simone Biles 'More Happy' For Aly Raisman Than For Herself twitter:description: In a sweet note, Biles says she's "more proud" of her teammate's success. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta93dd6fd7cf91a79/6988a240f887dc58e0e970f1/simone-biles-aly-raisman.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Simone Biles Is 'More Happy' For Teammate Aly Raisman Than She Is For Herself  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 12, 2016 9:45 PM UTC  US gymnast Simone Biles (L) and her compatiot Alexandra Raisman celebrate after the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016\. US gymnast Simone Biles won the event ahead of her compatiot Alexandra Raisman and Russia's Aliya Mustafina. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) US gymnast Simone Biles (L) and her compatiot Alexandra Raisman celebrate after the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016\. US gymnast Simone Biles won the event ahead of her compatiot Alexandra Raisman and Russia's Aliya Mustafina. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)Emmanuel Dunand—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 12, 2016 9:45 PM UTC In a sweet note posted to her Instagram Friday, Olympic all-around silver medalist Aly Raisman shared an insight into her friendship with [champion Simone Biles](http://time.com/4449366/simone-biles-wins-womens-gymnastics-all-around-gold-in-rio/?iid=sr-link3). ([The ‘Final Five’ team captain](http://time.com/4445637/aly-raisman-gymnastics-team/?iid=sr-link1), who’s jokingly considered the “grandma” of the women’s gymnastics squad at 22 years old (Biles is 19), spent two years out of the gymnastics circuit following the London 2012 Olympics, and re-trained to get back on top.) In the note, Raisman quotes Biles as saying in [an interview with ESPN](http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/17280585/olympics-2016-aly-raisman-finds-all-silver-lining-rio) she’s “more proud” of Raisman and “more happy for her” than she is of herself, given the amount of hard work that Raisman put in to making her [long-hoped-for comeback](http://time.com/4448190/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-summer-camp/?iid=sr-link3) and calling her a “role model.” (Biles [retweeted the note](https://twitter.com/Aly%5FRaisman/status/764150323430694912), too, proving the feeling is for real.) Previously, Biles had posted this shot of the two directly after realizing they had won the gold and silver together, captioning it “bestfriend goals.” Agreed. That’s not the only adorable note that Raisman’s received recently, either; her other teammates Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian also gave her a heartfelt handwritten message, adding that she has “inspired \[them\] in so many ways.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/"},"headline":"Simone Biles Is 'More Happy' For Teammate Aly Raisman Than She Is For Herself","datePublished":"2016-08-12T21:45:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:28.297Z","description":"Friendship goals, achieved.","url":"https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","Internet","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics","Rio 2016 Olympics","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta93dd6fd7cf91a79/6988a240f887dc58e0e970f1/simone-biles-aly-raisman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta93dd6fd7cf91a79/6988a240f887dc58e0e970f1/simone-biles-aly-raisman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","caption":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","creditText":"Emmanuel Dunand—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/","name":"Simone Biles Is 'More Happy' For Teammate Aly Raisman Than She Is For Herself"}}]}] ```