Simone Biles Wears Walking Boot After Injuring Calf at 2024 Olympics: ‘It’s Just Precautionary’

Simone Biles is doing immoderate it takes to forestall her calf symptom from getting worse aft an wounded astatine nan 2024 Olympics. Following her last title astatine nan Games connected Monday, August, 5, Simone sat down for an interview pinch NBC’s Mike Tirico and was wearing a stepping footwear connected her near foot.

“Calf is good,” Simone, 27, confirmed. “It’s conscionable precautionary, making sure. Because we still person circuit aft this, to heal up and each of that stuff. So, conscionable a small spot of soreness.”

Viewers first noticed Simone experiencing discomfort successful her calf aft a autumn during warmups for level workout successful nan qualifying information of nan Olympics connected July 28. Despite limping connected nan sidelines and getting her calf heavy taped for nan competition, Simone went connected to triumph a golden badge successful nan squad competition, nan individual all-around and vault. She besides took location metallic successful level exercise.

While footage of her warmup autumn played successful nan background, Simone admitted, “I consciousness for illustration elite athletes are beautiful tough, truthful we’re just, done symptom aliases pleasure, we’re fresh for whatever. So mainly, what you’re seeing here, I was conscionable trying to complete rotate for bully measure, and I did conscionable that, and almost knocked [my coach] Laurent out. But it was good.”

Her acquisition astatine nan 2024 Games was overmuch different than what she went done successful Tokyo successful 2021, during which she withdrew from a mostly of events aft experiencing a mental block called nan “twisties.” Although nan Ohio autochthonal has admitted she erstwhile didn’t cognize if she’d ever return to gymnastics again, she persevered and continued to rack up nan medals during her comeback.

“I’m a batch happier,” she confirmed. “I chose to do this. So astatine nan extremity of nan day, immoderate happens, happens. But I’m successful a bully spot mentally and physically, truthful you can’t return that distant from me. So whenever I’m retired there, it’s conscionable axenic joy. Can’t judge I’m retired location again, competing, representing my country, conscionable having fun, doing what I love.”

After taking location nan golden badge for vault connected August 3, Simone discussed nan anticipation of returning for nan Olympics successful 2028, which are taking spot successful Los Angeles. “Never opportunity never,” she teased. “The adjacent Olympics is astatine home. So, you conscionable ne'er know. But I americium getting really old.”

However, she past made it clear connected societal media that she didn’t want to reply immoderate much questions astir her future. “you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s adjacent aft they triumph a badge astatine nan Olympics,” she posted connected X. “let america soak up nan infinitesimal we’ve worked our full lives for.”

Simone’s gymnastics comeback was documented successful nan Netflix bid Simone Biles: Rising. Cameras continued to movie nan master athlete’s travel astatine nan Olympics and nan remaining episodes will beryllium released sometime this fall.

“The legacy, I consciousness like, is conscionable having fun, doing what you emotion and that’s what I effort to instill successful [my teammates] each azygous time successful practice,” Simone gushed. “It’s worthy it because, I mean, we’re present successful Paris, conscionable won a mates medals, and it’s ace exciting. You activity your full entire life for moments for illustration this to correspond your state connected an Olympic stage, and we did conscionable that this weekend. So we’re truthful proud.”