"He was with the Houston Texans at the time, and she was training for the later-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in her nearby hometown, Spring. The timing proved fortuitous for them. As Biles told Bustle in June 2021, it was "right before lockdown, literally two days before." Describing them as a "quaran-couple," she added, "If quarantine didn't happen, I wouldn't have met him. We got to spend a lot of quality time to see if we really liked each other, and we did!""
"As Biles told Bustle in June 2021, it was "right before lockdown, literally two days before." Owens further explained the beginnings of their relationship to Texas Monthly in June 2021. "It was one of the few times in her life where everything was just shut off and she couldn't do anything," he said. "So we used it to get to know each other - really get to know each other.""
Simone Biles, an 11-Olympic-medal gymnastics legend, and Jonathan Owens, an NFL safety, met on the dating app Raya in March 2020 shortly before COVID lockdowns. The quarantine period allowed them to spend extended time together and form a relationship. They went public on Instagram in August 2020 and spent holidays and sporting events together by December 2020. Their relationship has included mutual support through Biles's mental health struggles at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and her subsequent comeback, alongside Owens's continuing professional football pursuits, including playoff competition in 2025-2026.
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