Simone Biles might have to make room on her trophy shelf for another award, because E! News has learned that the Olympic champion is poised to sign on for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. Also likely on the roster this fall? Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher and former Disney star Jake T. Austin.
A source tells E! News that all three are in the running to compete for the Mirrorball Trophy on season 23 of DWTS. Biles, 19, won four gold medals and a bronze in the Rio Olympics, in case you lost track of her insanely amazing medal count. (They're not calling her the greatest gymnast of all time for nothing, okay?)
Fletcher, who originally competed on Ben Higgins' season of The Bachelor, gave former football player Jordan Rodgers the final rose in the most recent Bachelorette finale. Austin starred on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place alongside Selena Gomez before landing a role on Freeform's The Fosters from 2013-2015.
Biles' fellow gold medalist teammate Aly Raisman competed on season 16 of the ABC reality competition in 2013, following her gold medal win at the 2012 London Olympics. She ultimately came in fourth place with partner Mark Ballas.
Austin, Biles and Fletcher will attempt to follow in the footsteps of season 22 winner Nyle DiMarco, whose casting E! News exclusively revealed back in February. The hunky model and actor was just coming off his America's Next Top Model Cycle 22 win, a.k.a. the formerly final season of the modeling competition (and now the last one hosted by Tyra Banks, who cheered her protégé on in the ballroom several times during the DWTS season).
ABC declined to comment on the casting report, but the full season 23 announcement will take place on Good Morning America, as per usual, on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The competition begins with the season premiere on Monday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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