U.S. gymnast Simone Biles suffers injury scare in warmups ahead of qualifying, update from coach

The Olympics are underway in Paris and with that the United States Women’s Gymnastics team is looking to once again take home a gold medal in the team all-around. To do that, they’ll likely need Simone Biles to be at her best.

However, Biles appeared to suffer an injury scare in warmups prior to qualifying competition on Sunday and prompting an update from her coach, Cecile Landi, afterward.

According to Landi, Biles’ injury is a calf issue from a couple of weeks ago. It flared up on her during warmups for the floor routine. Despite that scare, there was never any consideration from withdrawing Biles from the competition.

“She felt better at the end,” Landi said. “On bars, she started to feel better.”

Simone Biles was seen dealing with that injury in warmups and ended up having to tape her lower leg. She was also seen jogging around the team bench to test it out.

It still ended up being a big score on floor routine for Biles, which she’s been known for throughout her career. She scored a 14.6 routine. That should send her to the final in the floor exercise.

From the U.S. team perspective, that big score for Simone Biles through an injury was also huge. Her teammate and defending gold medalist on the floor exercise, Jade Carey, had a disastrous routine, scoring only a 10.633, meaning she’s not going to even go to the final.

This comes after Biles had major issues in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There, she experienced the ‘twisties’ and was forced to withdraw from the team final. It’s a result that she’s clearly hoping to avoid this time around in Paris.

In her Olympic career, Simone Biles has four gold medals, a silver medal, and two bronze medals. That puts her ninth all-time for total medals won.

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