Simone Biles’ Olympic journey continues despite a calf injury.
The seven-time Olympic medalist is in the lineup for all four events (beam, vault, uneven bars and floor) in Tuesday’s gymnastic team final after tweaking her lower leg during warm-ups in the qualifying round Sunday.
The 27-year-old Biles had her leg taped inside Bercy Arena before returning to the competition to put up top marks on the floor (14.600) and vault (15.300), ultimately posting the highest all-around score of 59.566.
She later shared a celebratory TikTok video after the qualifying rounds and many of her 1.9 million followers responded with supportive comments.
“I woke up at 4 to watch!!! Hope your calf is ok, you did great!” one fan exclaimed.
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“I woke up 5am to watch you and everyone else on the usa team I hope your calf is ok and gets better 🇺🇸 you did amazing!” another posted.
Team USA, which is also comprised of Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa “Suni” Lee and New Jersey native Hezly Rivera, placed first with a score of 172.296 in the qualifiers.
Leading up to the Paris Games, team leaders pondered holding Biles out of the uneven bars in the team final to give her a reprieve. She will be part of every event in the competition, which features three gymnasts competing and all three scores counting, according to the Associated Press.
Biles is making her anticipated return to the Olympic stage following her bout with the “twisties” during the 2021 Tokyo Games.
She withdrew from events after experiencing the phenomenon, when a gymnast can lose a sense of where they are mid-air which can potentially result in a dangerous landing.
Biles and Team USA won silver in the team event in Tokyo.
She previously won gold in the team final at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, also collecting gold in the all-around, vault and floor exercise.
