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Olympic qualifying wasn’t the first time Simone Biles tweaked an injury. That’s simply gymnastics

AP National Writer

PARIS (AP) — American gymnastics star Simone Biles will have to navigate the rest of the Olympics with a left calf injury. Biles tweaked the injury during qualifying but finished the meet with the top all-around score. This isn’t the first time Biles has dealt with an injury during a meet. She won six medals at the 2018 world championships in Qatar while coping with a kidney stone she named “The Doha Pearl.” Biles and the rest of the five-woman U.S. squad next head to the team final, where they are heavily favored to win gold.

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