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Simone Biles to Speak This Weekend at Willow Creek in South Barrington

The 19-year-old Olympic gymnast will speak at services on Saturday and Sunday at the megachurch.

SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL - Olympic gymnast Simone Biles will speak this weekend at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington.

Biles, who won four gold medal and one bronze medals in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, will visit Willow Creek during services on Saturday and Sunday for an interview “on the ways faith and family inspired her to win gold,” according to an announcement on Willow Creek’s website.

Biles, 19, will speak at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 9 and 11:15 a.m. on Sunday. The interview will also be available to watch via Facebook Live and on the church’s online livestream channel

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Willow Creek is located at 67 Algonquin Road in South Barrington.

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