Simone Biles makes long-awaited Olympic return in Paris
Simone Biles makes her long-awaited Olympic return at the Paris Games, Sunday, July 28 drawing cheers from a star-studded crowd giving the US gymnasts the lead in women’s qualifying.
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00:00Simone Biles makes her long-awaited Olympic return at the Paris Games Sunday, July 28,
00:07drawing cheers from a star-studded crowd, giving the U.S. gymnast the lead in women's
00:11qualifying.
00:12The world's most decorated gymnast, Biles returns for her third Olympics after she pulled
00:17out from the Tokyo Games after suffering from the twisties, a temporary loss of spatial
00:22awareness.
00:23The 27-year-old Biles tops the all-around competition, comes in second on the balance
00:27beam and stuns with her signature double-piked Yurchenko vault, the gravity-defying Biles
00:332.
00:34All these despite a re-aggravated left calf injury.
00:37Meantime, organizers canceled the triathlon swimming training session for the second day
00:41in a row after heavy rains affect water quality levels in the Seine, this despite billions
00:46spent on river sewage treatment.
00:48Officials say they are confident water quality will return to below limits in time for triathlon
00:53competitions on July 30.
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