Lance Bass
I am saving Simone who is a greater GOAT of all sports than T*m "I kiss my son on the lips and proudly display a MAGA hat and then use my white privilege so I never have to talk about Politics" Br*dy. I mean, Simone has four skills named after her, and all four have only been performed by her. Her vault skill is the highest base vault score in women's gynmastics and her Biles II floor technique is the highest difficulty base score in both Women's AND Men's gymnastics. Simone has literally never seen not a gold medal in All-Around at World's. Her weakest area, uneven bars, still lands her in the Top 5 IN THE WORLD (and she actually medaled in it in 2018). ABSURD. She and Serena are the only two athletes we should bet talking about in the GOAT of GOATS convo.
Anyway, this isn't about how PHENOMENAL Simone is but my cutting of Lance Bass. Who was in the boy band N*Sync and paired with the always incredible Lacey Schwimmer as her first partner in Season 7 where they placed third behind Brooke Burke and Warren Sapp who was famously accused of sexual harrassment and misconduct so we can just forget him and place Lance second in our brains. You know he could have beaten both and that would have felt well-deserved. I miss Lacey Schwimmer. He was a great dancer but this is a good group of nominees so he gets cut.
Saving: Simone Biles