She is competing under the Algerian flag, Kaylia Nemour was born in France but is competing for Algeria at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. There have been disagreements with the French federation due to health problems that led her to compete for Algeria in a controversial switch France tried to block.

This change of country has not caused her any problems in adapting, however, as she has felt welcome in Algeria and the French public continues to love her, as evident when she took to the stage at the stadium a few days ago.

Nemour is a silver medallist at the World Championships, a gold medallist at the African Championships and has already qualified for Parisby finishing fifth in the all-around and first on the uneven bars.

It is a category in which, last Sunday, she even beat a gymnast with the category of a goddess such as
Simone Biles. With 15,600 points, she qualified for the apparatus finals and the women's all-around final at the Paris Olympics that day.

She not only surpassed Biles but also overtook her rival, 17-year-old Qiu Qiyuan from China, who had beaten Nemour to gold at last year's World Championships in Antwerp.

Nemour also performed the Yurchenko double twist on vault on her last apparatus with a score of 14.000. She had a few mistakes on the floor (13.160) and beam (13.200), but her total score of 55.966 earned her a place in Thursday's final.

A career since childhood

Kaylia Nemour's gymnastics career began in France at the age of four but progressed quickly. At the age of 11, she made her international debut at the Tournoi International 2017. She finished 16th in the all-around competition in the Espoir division. As a junior athlete, Nemour faced numerous setbacks, notably the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited her training.

In 2022, the 16-year-old was eligible for senior international competitions, but a knee injury and disagreements with the French Gymnastics Federation prevented her from competing in all but one competition of the season: the Arab Championships in October 2022.

The Arab Championships were both her debut in senior competition and the first time she competed for Algeria, the country of her father. She won two gold medals (team, uneven bars) and one silver (balance beam).

2023 was a historic year for Nemour, who won gold at the African Championships and qualified for the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.