Simone Biles Reveals What Really Happened to Her Calf During the Olympics: ‘My Body Is Like a Ticking Time Bomb’
Biles is seen telling her coach “my calf or something just pulled all the way,” discussing the early injury she sustained at the start of the Paris Games.
It was the moment that instilled panic in every gymnastics fan: During warm-ups ahead of the team final at the 2024 , in what was set to be Simone Biles’ big comeback, she limped off the floor, trailed by the Team USA doctor.
Of course, it all ended well — Biles pushed through her mystery calf injury to win gold in the team, all-around and vault finals, plus a silver in floor. But fans will finally get to hear the full story of what happened in the second part of Netflix’s Simone Biles: Rising, based on the new trailer that dropped on Thursday, Oct. 3.
In the middle of the first look at part two of the docuseries, Biles is seen telling her coach, “my calf or something just pulled all the way,” as she came off the floor mat.
The trailer then immediately cuts to Biles being bandaged up just before she competes, as a voiceover can be heard saying, “Is this a case of deja vu?” referring to her early exit at the Tokyo Games.
Biles’ former Olympic teammate is next heard explaining that after the competition, she asked Biles, “How did you do it in so much pain?” to which she said the 7-time Olympic gold medalist replied, “I couldn’t have people tell me I was a quitter again.”
Biles also says “since I’m older, my body is like a ticking time bomb,” noting that at her age of 27 she is considered an elder in the gymnastics world.
During the first half of the docuseries, Biles was shown preparing to return to the Olympics following her abrupt departure in Tokyo, but the second part chronicles her history-making return to gymnastics at the Paris Games where she added multiple gold medals to her already impressive count.
It was the moment that instilled panic in every gymnastics fan: During warm-ups ahead of the team final at the 2024 , in what was set to be ‘ big comeback, she limped off the floor, trailed by the Team USA doctor.
Of course, it all ended well — Biles pushed through her mystery calf injury to win gold in the team, all-around and vault finals, plus a silver in floor. But fans will finally get to hear the full story of what happened in the second part of Netflix’s Simone Biles: Rising, based on the new trailer that dropped on Thursday, Oct. 3.
In the middle of the first look at part two of the docuseries, Biles is seen telling her coach, “my calf or something just pulled all the way,” as she came off the floor mat.
The trailer then immediately cuts to Biles being bandaged up just before she competes, as a voiceover can be heard saying, “Is this a case of deja vu?” referring to her early exit at the Tokyo Games.
The floor exercise final at the Paris Olympics was even more screwed up than already known.
to the Swiss Federal Tribunal indicates a scoring inquiry for Simone Biles’ routine in the floor final was never registered, likely costing the Olympic champion another gold medal., finishing just 0.033 points behind Rebeca Andrade of Brazil.
“Honestly not a big deal for me, Rebeca had a better floor anyways,” Biles said Tuesday, adding a hand-heart emoji, after someone on X, formerly Twitter, pointed out issues with the inquiries for both Biles and Jordan Chiles.
“Upsetting how it wasn’t processed but I’m not mad at the results.”
Biles’s 14.133 in the floor final included a 6.9 for difficulty. Had she gotten full credit for her split leap, however, it would have given her an additional 0.10 in difficulty and a 14.233. That would have put her ahead of Andrade, who scored a 14.166.
But in the video submitted with Chiles’ appeal, Biles asks coach Cecile Landi, “Is he asking?” Landi replies, “He said he did.” After Laurent Landi, Landi’s husband and co-coach, says several things in French, Cecile Landi turns to Biles and says, “They didn’t send it,” and raises her arms in a gesture of helplessness.
Landi then asks her husband, “What about Jordan? You want to try?”
The video was provided to Chiles by director Katie Walsh and production company Religion of Sports, who received special permission to film in Bercy Arena as part of Biles’ latest documentary project, “” The first two episodes of the docuseries were released on Netflix prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics and two more are still to come later this year.
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