Simone Biles did not let an apparent leg injury stop her from making a triumphant return to the Olympic Games.
On the second day of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 28, the world's most successful gymnast survived the qualifying round despite enduring all the pain.
After achieving a top score of 14.733 with her balance beam routine, the 27-year-old began warming up for her floor exercise and at one point suffered a rough landing that caused her to stop to have her left ankle taped.
Your trainer Cecile Landi told reporters after the competition that the athlete “felt some pain in her calf,” NBC News reported. Landi said the apparent injury also bothered Biles during training earlier this month, but had improved by now. She added that the gymnast intends to continue competing in the 2024 Olympics as planned.
Indeed, Biles scored high in the other qualifying events—15.300 on vault, 14.433 on uneven bars and 14.600 on her floor exercise—to help Team USA lead with a total score of 172.296.
