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Simone Biles tried out some new moves with the Harlem Globetrotters

Gymnastics meets basketball.

Here are two seemingly unrelated facts: Basketball players are usually tall, and Simone Biles is not. But that didn’t stop the Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast from playing some ball with the Harlem Globetrotters in a recent video.

Not bad for a world-class athlete who just happens to be 4’9!

In the video, we get to see Biles try out some fun new tricks that were NOT included in any of her gymnastics events — like these:

Smooth moves.

I can’t do that!

And the Globetrotters’ Hammer Harrison even got to try out a gymnastics routine:

Very cool!

And this isn’t Biles first time hanging out with basketball players — in February, at the Super Bowl, she tweeted this picture with Shaq, showing off both their friendship and height difference.

Even if Biles doesn’t win a gold medal in basketball anytime soon, she can definitely ball with the best.

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