Simone Biles pushes through calf pain, Team USA gymnastics women's team sits in first

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team had some precarious moments in Sunday’s qualifying round, but they will enter the team final as the overwhelming favorites for gold.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team had some precarious moments in Sunday’s qualifying round, but they will enter the team final as the overwhelming favorites for gold.

Simone Biles topped the all-around standings after the second of five subdivisions, flanked by Suni Lee, and is well-positioned to qualify for the floor, vault and beam apparatus finals.

Biles’ Paris prospects were suddenly in peril after she appeared to suffer a rough landing during floor warmups.

Her coach, Cecile Landi, said after the competition that Biles “felt a little pain in her calf,” but she never considered pulling out.

The apparent injury was also bothering Biles in training a couple of weeks ago, according to Landi, but had improved until today’s flare-up. She had her ankle wrapped by medical staff and intends to compete as planned for the rest of the Games.

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/simone-biles-calf-pain-team-usa-womens-team-rcna163942

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