With two double twists and two somersaults, she flew into the dismount and pounded her heart. We were immediately
Simone Biles really just nailed the Yurchenko double pike with a 15.800
Don’t ever doubt her👏🏼
— Grace (@gracesporttakes) July 28, 2024
returned to the uncertainties of that location, just as the drama and sorrow of her Tokyo Olympics were fading into the background.
Biles strained her left calf, which we now know had been bothering her a few weeks prior, as she landed awkwardly while warming up for the floor exercise.
She and team physician Dr. Marcia Faustin exited the competitors’ area, and the US team’s doctors hastened to wrap her left leg from the knee to the ankle.
It was a huge occasion that raised the question of whether Biles could go on, given that her decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Games due to a mental block known as