Simone Biles' estranged birth mother tells why she abandoned daughter

Four thousand miles and a lifetime of hurt stood between Shanon Biles and a front row seat at the Paris .

But nothing can diminish the pride with which she beams at the mention of daughter to form three years after she bowed out of the Tokyo games.

Now, speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Shanon, 52, has said that she lives in hope for the day Simone reaches out so she can for the past she cannot change after her drug addiction led to her to abandon her children.

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