Athletes come in all shapes and sizes. This is a fact that is especially highlighted whenever Shaq and Simone Biles stand next to each other. While Shaq’s height benefited him greatly in basketball, Biles benefits from her short stature in gymnastics. Both are very much known for their heights, but it’s impossible to truly comprehend how much they are opposites on the height spectrum until you see a photo of them side-by-side. Luckily, Biles provided us the perfect photo back in 2017.
With the Paris Olympics underway, that iconic photo is going viral once more, despite being seven years old. In the photo, we see this iconic duo posing together. While Shaq stands at a whopping 7’1” there’s Biles who is only 4’8” — in other words, Shaq stands at nearly one-and-a-half Biles’ tall!
There truly is so much to love about this photo. Especially when you realize that, despite the extreme difference in their stature, Biles is actually wearing heels in this photo. Yes, that means that she is actually taller than normal here.
Shaq and Simone Biles’ Extreme Height Difference Blows Minds in Iconic Viral Photo
Both Biles and Shaq are greatly loved by their fans worldwide. That is exactly why so many people are having such a fun time discussing this viral image. Notably, fans of these athletes are sharing that, while they can totally see Biles nailing it as a basketball player, they can’t say the same of Shaq as a gymnast.
“She has a better chance at dunking a basketball than he does of making it across the balance beam,” one fan shares, with another person adding, “And she can do flips and twists above his head!”
This story’s featured image is by Ron Adar and DFree via Shutterstock.
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