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Simone Biles wasted nary clip getting backmost into nan gym aft her successful tally astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics. Just 12 days aft nan closing ceremony, nan gymnast was backmost to putting successful nan work.
“First time back,” Simone, 27, captioned a photograph of nan gym connected Saturday, August 23. She besides included an “eyes” emoji but did not springiness immoderate circumstantial penetration into what she was up to astatine nan facility.
July was a grueling period for nan master jock arsenic she represented nan United States astatine nan Olympics. After nan qualifying round, Simone competed successful nan squad all-around, individual all-around, vault, equilibrium beam and level events. She near nan Games pinch 3 golden medals – for team, individual all-around and vault – and 1 metallic badge for floor.
However, she was besides dealing pinch a calf wounded passim nan week of competition. For her performances, Simone had her calf tightly taped to thief alleviate nan pain. She has besides been seen wearing a stepping boot successful nan clip since.
“Calf is good,” she said connected August 5. “It’s conscionable precautionary, making judge – because we still person circuit aft this – to heal up and each of that stuff. So, conscionable a small spot of soreness.”
Although Simone already appears to beryllium backmost training, she’s keeping tight-lipped astir her plans for nan 2028 Olympics successful Los Angeles. “Never opportunity never,” she teased aft winning her golden badge for vault. “The adjacent Olympics is astatine home. So, you conscionable ne'er know. But I americium getting really old.”
After nan interview, she took to X to aerial retired her frustrations pinch group who already want her to look 4 years into nan future. “you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s adjacent aft they triumph a badge astatine nan Olympics,” she wrote. “let america soak up nan infinitesimal we’ve worked our full lives for.”
Simone antecedently competed astatine nan Olympics successful 2016 and 2021. During her first quality astatine nan Games, she won golden successful nan squad competition, individual all-around, vault and floor, while besides snagging a bronze badge for equilibrium beam.
At nan 2020 Games – which took spot nan pursuing twelvemonth owed to nan COVID-19 pandemic – Simone suffered from a intelligence block called nan “twisties.” She withdrew from nan squad all-around successful nan mediate of nan title and past stepped down from respective individual events. She only returned for nan equilibrium beam, which she won a bronze badge for.
Her comeback was documented connected nan Netflix bid Simone Biles: Rising, which aired earlier nan 2024 Olympics Games. Part 2 of nan docuseries is coming successful October and will show Simone’s travel successful Paris.
The Ohio autochthonal returned location from Paris connected August 12 and jumped correct backmost into supporting her husband, Jonathan Owens, amid nan 2024 shot season. She was seen cheering connected him and nan Chicago Bears astatine their August 17 game. Jonathan was besides successful Paris to support his woman aft getting typical support from his squad to miss 5 days of training campy truthful he could make nan trip.
