Simone Biles Tops USA amid Injury: Full Olympic Women's Gymnastics Qualifying Results

Simone Biles will have to battle through pain if she wants to return to the Olympic podium.

Biles suffered an undisclosed calf injury during her qualifying routine on Sunday at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but it did not stop her from and Team USA from qualifying for the finals.

Biles has reportedly been dealing with the injury for a few weeks, with U.S coach Cecile Landi calling it minor and noting that it wasn't expected to sideline Biles during the Paris Games, which is obviously good news for Team USA.

Competing in the second subdivision, the United States locked itself into Tuesday's team final with an overall score of 172.296. That's more than five points ahead of second-place Italy with three subdivisions still remaining in qualification.

Below are the teams who qualified for the finals, with host country France out of contention after qualifying in 11th place.

Team Gymnastics Qualification Results

ˆ*Results will be updated

Biles currently leads the all-around qualification despite walking with a noticeable limp throughout her routing after tweaking her calf. She spent several minutes being attended to by Team USA physicians after her opening beam routine before being able to return and complete her round.

"Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Tom Cruise, American Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and Snoop Dogg were in the crowd to watch the American gymnast," according to BBC Culture's Brandon Livesay.

She had by far the best score of the day on the vault and floor exercise events and was second behind Zhou Yaqin of China in the balance beam. The 27-year-old had her weakest run in the uneven bars, sitting in just eighth place through two subdivisions.

The United States has the top three qualifiers overall in the all-around competition in the early going, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles coming in right behind Biles.

Women's All-Around Qualification Results

*Full results at NBCOlympics.com

Biles is attempting to likely cap off one of the most decorated careers for a gymnast in Olympic history. She burst onto the scene in 2016, winning gold in the floor exercise, vault, all-around and team competitions before struggling in the 2020 Summer Games with a case of the "twisties."

After battling through that mental hurdle, Biles is once again considered the greatest gymnast in the world at age 27—a time when most in the youth-laden sport have already retired.

This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.

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