Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has turn out to be the youngest particular person ever to obtain the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the perfect civilian award in the USA.

President Biden awarded the medals to quite a few other folks on the rite within the White Area, together with soccer Global Cup champion Megan Rapinoe and Sandra Linsday, an in depth care nurse who was once the primary particular person in the USA to obtain a Covid-19 vaccine.

Honourees of the award are regarded as to have made “meritorious contributions” to the USA, in spaces together with nationwide safety, global peace of cultural endeavours.

Recipients of the award from earlier years come with actor Tom Hanks, singer Diana Ross and Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates.