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["Il n'y a plus d'après" playing]

[Juliette Gréco sings in French]

-I'm getting the cookie. -[Nellie] Which one you gonna get?

A pair of glasses.

This is my second pair.

[music fades]

[cheering]

[commentator] One of the most anticipated days of the Olympics is here.

Day one of women's gymnastics.

Qualification day.

Can't win medals today, though. You're just trying to survive.

[suspenseful music playing]

I honestly felt super calm and relaxed this morning

going into everything.

[commentator] Back here again at the age of 27 in Paris.

She's called it "the redemption tour."

[Simone] As soon as we lined up to go out,

that's when the nerves started settling in,

and I was like, "Oh no. Oh no."

Like, "You can do this. You can handle these nerves."

"You've done these routines a million times."

[commentator] Big day at Bercy Arena. This one a tough ticket to score.

Tom Cruise, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga are all here.

Chance to see the return of Simone Biles.

-[commentator 2] Here they come. -[commentator] On their way to the floor.

[cheering and applause]

[announcer] Sunisa Lee!

[commentator] It's such a long road, and we know what happened in Tokyo.

So we go over to floor, and I'm trying to do the least amount

because not many of us are up, so we don't get that much time to warm up.

So I'm like, "I'm gonna start with a triple-double."

[commentator] Simone Biles getting set for her floor routine.

As soon as I took off, I was like, "Ooh. Oh."

"That hurt really bad. That didn't feel right."

I just felt, like, a weird sensation in my calf muscle.

At first, in my head, like, I'm in the air,

and I was like, "No, wait, that was my Achilles."

My calf or something just pulled, like, all the way.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

[heartbeat pounding]

-[Simone] Yeah. -[Cécile] Okay?

Yeah, let me…

[Simone] I just went over to Cécile, like, "I think I pulled my calf muscle

or tore my calf muscle. Something's going on."

And then what?

[woman] That's Simone with a trainer.

[Simone] The triple-double, as soon as I took off, I felt it.

-[Cécile] You felt it? -Yeah. It's right here.

Like, in my calf, right here.

Right where that ta… where… right where I had that fucking tear.

[Simone] It was scary in the moment

because we weren't sure exactly what it was.

[commentator] It appears as though she may have tweaked something.

[commentator 2] If we're talking about an injury,

the problem is not necessarily difficulty.

It's about can her body handle the tumbling at all?

Yeah.

But, like, I could literally feel it though.

I don't wanna do something stupid.

Went to get evaluated, and then they were like,

"Well, do you wanna continue?"

Déjà vu. It was… ugh! It was so annoying,

and I think that's what irritated me the most.

As soon as I got off the floor, I was like,

"People are gonna think I'm quitting again."

[commentator] Simone left the floor and then just returned.

As soon as I took off, I could feel it.

Like, I could feel the tear. Like it went "sh." I thought I tore my Achilles.

And on the second one, it's okay? Or it's going to have to…

That one is better, but it hurts so bad to push off.

[suspenseful music playing]

[commentator] A few people watching.

The last to go for the US.

Simone Biles, big question mark right now.

Obviously because of what we've seen with the lower leg.

[commentator 3] She's gonna test her ankle under the brightest lights.

It's gonna count, and she's not gonna know how that body's gonna react.

[suspenseful music swells]

♪ This is my destiny… ♪

[commentator] The Paris Olympics are on the horizon.

[commentator 2] The Olympic Games have taken over.

[commentator 3] Look at Simone! She's back.

[Simone] An Olympic year is just really stressful.

There's a lot of emotions

rather than just gymnastics, and you never know what's gonna happen.

[commentator 4] Looks like she's confident in who she is.

[Simone] I'm feeling significantly better than Tokyo going into this.

Just going out there, doing the gymnastics that I know how to do,

and seeing what happens.

♪ This is my destiny… ♪

[commentator 5] This could be her best-ever performance.

[commentator 6] If Simone got four golds last time,

people are expecting five or six this time.

[commentator] The greatest. Still with that goal though.

[Simone] Once you get there, that's what you're longing for.

We're about to land in Paris.

That takes away the pain of everything,

and you're like, "I finally made it."

As athletes, you'll never get that feeling again.

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ This is my destiny ♪

♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh ♪

[woman on radio] Well, the countdown is on to the Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

So where are the athletes with their training,

how is Team USA looking this year,

and what can we expect?

Jonathan was like, "Hold on! Come back! It's your birthday!"

And I was like, "Yes, but I have to go."

[man on radio] The clock is ticking down to the Paris Games.

The merchandise already…

Today is March 14th, and it is my birthday. [chuckles]

Most people are so happy for their birthday,

and for some reason, I'm, like, terrified to be 27,

and I don't know what it is, but I felt that all year.

It feels old to me, at least for a gymnast.

I'm so old.

Old as shit.

-Happy birthday! -[Simone] Thank you.

Did you see my mom? Like, who gets up this early? Like…

[Jordan] She said she wants to say happy birthday.

-Just in case you cannot see me. -[Simone] Yeah.

[Nellie and Simone laugh]

-Happy birthday! -[Simone] Thanks.

-I cannot believe you got up this early. -[laughs]

I know. I cannot believe I'm up this early.

-But come check out your sign. -[Simone] Yeah, it's cute.

Oh, the little gymnast.

That's funny.

To just say "happy birthday."

-[Simone] Yeah. -It's your big day.

[Simone] Hmm.

There's a quick turnaround this year for Olympic trials.

I do feel like this is the hardest competition of the year for the US.

So right now, being 60 to 70% ready I feel like is pretty good.

Oh, that's cute.

Making sure we have a good head on our shoulders.

We're training properly. We're recovering properly.

So we'll take photos after practicing, but that's really cute.

With me getting older in the sport, I do feel like it gives me more confidence

just because I've been on an international stage for so long.

And everything that I've done and been through and succeeded at,

it's just like, I'm a little bit more confident.

But since I am older, I am a little bit more afraid.

-Happy birthday. -Thank you.

-[Ron Jr.] How's it feel to be 27? -I don't know. Not well.

[both laugh]

I know that whenever I was younger, I could bounce and fall,

and I'll get right back up, but now I'm like…

They're like, "Are you okay?" I was like, "I… I think so."

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

In the beginning days,

the first all-around Olympic champion was in her thirties.

[announcer] Maria Gorokhovskaya.

Then the age went down

until we got to Larisa Latynina,

who was in her twenties.

[announcer 2] Larisa Latynina of Russia.

Here is one of the world's great women gymnasts in action.

Then, when Nadia won at 14, it changed the sport completely.

[announcer 3 in French] I proclaim the opening of the Olympic Games of 1976.

[commentator 3] Nadia Comaneci, the 14-year-old many people are suggesting

will win the All-Around title here

at the Olympic Games in Montreal.

[interviewer] How often are you asked about Montreal?

Every time I'm asked about those Olympics. [chuckles]

[commentator] Indicates that she's ready.

[commentator 2] Chris, this could be the highlight of the compulsory event.

Oh, look at that amplitude.

Ooh! She is really moving well.

Another handstand. Look at that, right to the handstand!

[commentator] Faultless. Absolutely faultless.

[cheering]

[commentator] Nadia Comaneci.

Now what are the judges gonna say about that?

-[commentator 3] There! -[commentator 2] A perfect ten!

The first time I have ever seen that.

[commentator] And that is Olympic history for Nadia Comaneci.

[Nadia] Every year, I'm more proud of the little girl

who, uh, made history in a way that will never be passed,

because the first to do something.

It will be a, uh, record that will never be broken.

[commentator] No woman gymnast in the history of the Olympics

has matched the achievement of this 14-year-old Romanian champion.

[announcer] Nadia Comaneci, Roumanie.

[Simone] What Nadia did with the sport popularity,

it's amazing, and she will be forever known

and engraved in the books for that perfect ten.

She projected everything forward to where we are today.

[Nadia] All-Around, Bars, and Beam.

The youngest, the first, the…

Do you remember the second person who went to the Moon?

Okay. [chuckles]

From that moment, the idea of the pixie, small, young gymnast was born.

[commentator] Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Mills.

Three US members are 15.

[commentator 2] Boginskaya.

Let's not forget this very attractive 15-year-old Soviet.

[commentator 3] Fifteen-year-old Natalia Laschenova.

[commentator 4] Next up, Dominique Moceanu.

Fourteen years old

in the Olympic Games.

I was an elite gymnast at nine and a half years old.

So 40 hours a week of training began at that time.

The youngest national champion ever. Did you know you could do this?

I was hoping and praying, you know.

I wanted it really bad, and I did. And I'm very happy.

The coaches wanted the prepubescent teen

because before they hit puberty,

they have a certain look.

Don't rush. Remember, don't rush.

[Dominique] And also, you can control them more.

[commentator] She captured the heart of America last night.

[cheering]

Kids are so young, though, Bob. Eight, nine years old.

What happens to the ones who don't win?

-So few can become medalists. -[Bob] It's true the odds are very long.

But they do still realize that they have to plan ahead

for education and career goals.

This is broadcasting's favorite topic.

Yeah, let's do it.

A really big topic of conversation

is the age shift that we're seeing in the sport.

The lifespan for gymnastics is really young.

I retired in the same year as my dad. Okay, that's really telling.

[commentator] Let's meet Team USA.

Sixteen years old from Old Bridge, New Jersey,

Laurie Hernandez.

We were being fed and told that because our bodies are younger,

we can recover better,

and there's a bit more of, like, a mental willingness to try new skills,

and there's a lot less fear.

Just all of these pros.

[Simone] As we get older, our bodies,

we used to think that they were kind of,

like, rusting.

It's all we knew.

It's like, you peak at 16, and then after that, you get a woman body,

and then who knows what's gonna happen?

[O'Beirne] In other sports, it is not normal

to be so injured that that's the end of your career

after you've reached the height of it one time.

Imagine if that was the norm in the NFL, in hockey.

[commentator] Got seven in ten drives!

-More rings than any NFL franchise! -[commentator 2] The Stanley Cup!

[commentator 3] …is now 40. The greatest of all time.

An incomparable era of tennis.

You never have the stars that you have in those sports.

And Simone is one of the people who has shown,

if you train wisely,

if you don't have a coach who has raised you to be completely damaged

by the time you get to the Olympic Games,

then you can sustain and have a career that goes on.

It's like the older you get, the more aches and pains you get.

Gymnast or not, those aches and pains are gonna kick in.

It just means you have to train smarter.

Actually pay attention to mental health

and how the brain is affecting physical performance.

[Simone] Everybody thought I was gonna go downhill or be washed up.

It's definitely changing.

The sport has given us room to kind of take breaks,

whether that's mentally or physically,

and come back to the sport.

[Laurie] For an athlete like Simone,

there's a reason why we're seeing very few injuries from her.

Now it's just about paying attention to up here.

[O'Beirne] If Simone wins any medal in Paris,

it means the narrative can finally change,

and some of that damage

of "teenagers are the only ones that can do it" can be undone.

It's also a sign that she controls the narrative.

She decides what the story is.

She is the one who is in control of her own life and her own career.

Badass women.

They do what they want.

-[Jonathan] You ready? -[Simone] Okay. Cheers to Chicago.

[Jonathan] Chicago!

[squeals]

[giggles]

Whoo-hoo! Oh! Oh!

[Simone] Jonathan just got picked up by the Chicago Bears.

We're excited about it because we do love the city of Chicago.

-Cheers to Chicago. -Chicago.

I think it's important that we make time for each other

while we're doing our sports because it's time that we'll never get back.

It's exciting any time I get to go and support him.

Jonathan's throwing out the first pitch.

I'm coming! I'm coming!

[Jonathan] Oh!

-I'm Michael. Pleasure. Welcome. -Jonathan.

Welcome to Chicago. Welcome to our ballpark.

-Hi. Simone. Nice to meet you. -Simone, how are you?

[Simone] You excited? You nervous?

[Jonathan] Is it bad if it's lobbed?

Is a lob, like, frowned upon?

As a professional first-pitch thrower, my advice to you…

[laughs]

I think I've thrown out the first pitch gotta be five times or so. Maybe more.

[announcer] Please welcome to the mound Simone Biles.

[Simone] The only thing I never wanna do

is end up on, like, the bad-first-throw YouTube.

So I try to cheat my way by doing some gymnastics.

Everybody's like, "She's a gymnast."

"No. I'm trying to get the closest I can before I have to throw."

I'm not throwing. He's throwing.

[woman] You gonna go out there with him?

-[grunts] -[Simone laughs]

Hey, I don't know how to do it!

How are you supposed to do it?

I was really excited about it because I wanted him to be nervous.

I wanted him to be on the fails.

I hope he hits it right in the dirt.

-[laughs] -But now I'm gonna… ah.

Right in the dirt.

[announcer] Please welcome one of the newest members of your Chicago Bears,

Jonathan Owens!

[cheering]

Whoo!

Whoo!

That was the most perfect throw that he could've thrown.

So athletic.

Which is good. It was, like, hot. It was sexy, you know?

But he's way too talented because everything he does, he has to do it well.

Yes, sir!

[laughs]

Whatever.

[Jonathan] I love being able to support each other.

So annoying.

We wanna be the most human that we can be with each other

because it's hard being in the public eye.

-Go Bears, baby! Go Bears, baby! -Welcome to the Bears, man!

She's been dealing with this since 2013, you know what I mean?

She helps me, like, know how to deal with it and know what to respond to.

[Simone] I'm gonna start signing these 'cause I got you.

-You got me? -[Simone] Yep.

You gonna get me right, baby.

[Simone] In the beginning, appearing to outsiders' views

is they were the biggest fan of Jonathan, and then he did an interview,

and it was actually taken out of context.

How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?

[Jonathan laughs]

How did you do that, bro?

Man, it's really how she pulled me, man.

-That's the question. -Oh Lord, Jesus, now you with Freddie--

Did you tell her you didn't know who she was?

Actually, my question to her was, like, "Who's your competition?"

-I didn't know nothing about gymnastics. -Nobody.

[Simone] And then they became Jonathan's biggest haters.

He knew who she was. She was on a Wheaties box.

Everybody knows who Simone Biles is.

I don't know who he is.

Mr. Simone Biles apparently didn't know who the GOAT was.

[woman] Simone Biles' husband is a walking red flag.

I'm sorry, what is your name?

You're literally Mr. Biles to me.

[woman 2] Mr. Biles got more attention tonight than he gets at his own games.

[woman 3] He will never be the prize, but she definitely is.

[woman 4] I still don't like him.

"Who is that guy kissing the world's greatest 'gyminist'?"

Because he spelled it wrong.

[chuckles]

Who's gonna go to somebody's profile and say who you can or can't love?

Like, that's just ridiculous.

People are just… [scoffs]

[Simone] They equate our love

to the amount of trophies and medals and accolades that I have,

and that's not how you measure love.

Like, that doesn't equate to how much my husband loves me or likes me.

Just how you wouldn't want someone,

like, bad-talking your relationship behind your back. Like…

It's just disrespectful.

Like, nobody… You wouldn't do it to anyone else, you know, so…

We're all human at the end of the day.

Like, regardless of what your job is,

you wake up and brush your teeth the same way.

You know, there's no difference.

It's just your job and that it's televised.

[Simone] Social media gives them this false sense of reality

that they really know who you are and how you function.

Most of the time, they don't understand the mental toll it takes,

especially going into an Olympic year.

I know we signed up to be judged in the gym,

but when you guys are gonna talk about him or my family,

yeah, I'm gonna come at you guys.

Me, it's different a part. Most of the time, I bite my tongue.

Now I'm like, "Yeah, I have a voice. I've always had a voice."

Just because you didn't think I would see it

doesn't mean I'm not obligated to respond.

It's crazy.

But I deleted Twitter, so I'm all good now.

[reporter] The 2024 Olympic torch has been lit.

[reporter 2] Now, the city says it expects more than 15 million people to be here

during the time of the Games.

[reporter 3] Iconic parts of Paris have had an Olympic makeover.

[reporter 4] They are expecting almost four billion viewers globally.

One more medal in gymnastics is what Simone Biles is going to be going for.

[reporter 5] Simone Biles is the GOAT, the most decorated gymnast in history.

[reporter 6] Does it kind of feel like déjà vu for you, Simone?

[birds chirping]

This is Simone's quilt

that I had someone make for her.

We have T-shirts

at pretty much all the events that we attend for Simone's competition.

Um, I don't know what they… just how it starts,

but this is the middle of the quilt,

which is Bannon's Gymnastix.

That's where she started.

[indistinct chatter]

[Simone] The first time I was exposed to gymnastics, really,

was a daycare field trip.

Everything happens for a reason,

and that day, we were supposed to go to the oil ranch,

and it had been, like, rained out, so we ended up at the gym down the street.

So I feel like, if it didn't rain,

then I probably wouldn't be a gymnast to this day.

It took years being in the sport to realize I was good.

I was very wild,

very funky.

Couldn't straighten my legs, point my toes, all of that good stuff.

They knew I had power, but they were like, "It doesn't matter if she has power

if she doesn't learn to harness it and to correct her form."

[cheering]

It was a little bit of backyard gymnastics.

I grew into it.

I've probably been to at least a hundred or more of her competitions

from the time she started when she was six until now.

I remember the first one she had.

The judge making the comments,

"Well, we have to give her the medal with her muscles."

"We just have to give her a medal."

[Simone] I would say, like, 2013.

Whenever I was going to camps and making national teams,

then I was like, "Whoo, maybe I could go to the Olympics."

[cheering]

Simone's journey has been for years.

You tend to forget just how much she has done

and how much she has accomplished.

So if you have something like this that's… that tells a story,

I think it's good to have something

to show just what her journey has been so far.

-[woman] Yeah! -[woman 2] Come on, Simone!

[cheering]

[Simone] I was just doing gymnastics for the love of it

and no, like, consequences or anything.

And now it's like there's a lot on my plate if something goes wrong.

[applause]

[Nellie] It was good. She was always excited about wearing her competition leo

and me combing her hair.

Because she relies on us as a family

to be there for her, to listen to her.

[Ron] Just go out there and have fun and be yourself.

Be safe. That's all.

And whether you win or lose, we still gonna love you.

That's it. We still feel the same way.

[cheering]

[reporter] Simone, as well as 15 other hopefuls,

now on their way to the Olympic trials.

The pressure is high for Team USA.

We get to a point where our routines are so consistent

that we are working like machines.

'Cause we're Team USA. I mean, that's all we're known for.

A while back, I had landed in the pit weird,

and I, like, hyperextended my knee, and it just has not stopped hurting.

Ow.

Sometimes my knee shifts over, and it's just not on the correct, like,

tracking path, so it gets really irritated

It used to be, whenever I would land on the floor,

I thought I was gonna pass out 'cause it would hurt so bad.

So then that's why we decided to do the injection, to see if that worked.

And it worked for a little bit.

And then it didn't.

[O'Beirne] Simone has not suffered the kind of injuries

that other gymnasts have, typically.

It does make me really nervous that she's never had a really serious injury.

It's just so rare.

[Simone] And on top of that,

after championships, I'm not really sure what happened.

I think it was just, like… training. I'm just getting old.

No. No. [chuckles]

My calf started really hurting.

Then the doctor came in, and we did an ultrasound.

I had told him, "I don't think it's my Achilles."

"I think it's behind my Achilles."

And so I just have a small tear in my calf muscle.

You know how I said I was aging like fine wine?

Yeah, I think it's starting to rot.

So…

Just so you know.

A doctor would say, like, "Take a couple days off,"

all of that stuff, but we don't really have that time.

Still, I don't think… I don't hear the table, so you're not

pushing it hard enough.

[Laurent] When the body is not hundred percent

and you ask him to be hundred percent on the field of play,

and then you question yourself.

But if the mind is ready, it's like the body follows.

[Laurent] Like yesterday. Yesterday, you were going there…

We definitely need to make sure we ice after a workout

and put some heat before to warm up the muscle,

but, like, you gotta do your job as well.

[Simone] I have to take extra precaution

about how I work towards healing my body after every workout.

My body is on a ticking time bomb.

That's how I feel.

[Cécile] So like that.

[Simone] I just turned too fast.

Yeah, but you gotta do it at the meet. You go even faster at a meet.

We gotta figure it out now before you lose one-tenth on dance.

[Simone] Still some days where I come to the gym, like,

"Ugh, a couple more routines. Let's just, like…"

"Let's get through the day."

[Cécile] Good. Come on.

Okay.

[Simone] But you have Olympic trials to look forward to,

and you're like, "I wish it was a week away instead of two weeks away."

[sighs]

[interviewer] You know you always joke about how old you are, um… and you're not.

I'm not joking. I am.

No, no, no, I always joke about how old I am for a gymnast.

Because in real life, whenever I'm out on the streets, I'm young. Mm-hmm!

You can't touch me, but in the gym, I'm like… [breathes heavily]

"Is there a chair?"

[reporter] The countdown rolls on.

We're just four weeks away from the opening ceremony in Paris,

and this is the last weekend of the US Olympic trials.

It is the women here tonight.

[Nadia] She's in a unique position.

What she tells to herself,

that's what she needs to do.

Not what everybody else says that she needs to accomplish.

She may need to accomplish nothing.

[Simone] Going to any competition or Olympic trials,

I never feel like I'm a lock,

'cause we also thought 2020 was gonna go better than it did.

So many people have an opinion on how things should be done.

And she's like, "No. I'm gonna do it how I want to do it."

Oh, I would love to see more of that.

I always feel like day one is really good,

and then day two is a little bit more tiring mentally and physically.

And I've always been very humble,

but now I just feel like I really do take it a day at a time.

[Cécile] Trials, you have two days of competition.

At the end, they add both days.

The number-one athlete is automatically on the team.

The other four spots is up to the selection committee.

Olympic trials is your one and only shot to get on the Olympic team.

Period. End of story. That's it.

Even on that one, don't you feel that you're still rushing it?

Just swing around that bar.

You do much better in training than right now.

[Simone] Between this morning's workout and yesterday's workout,

I felt pretty stressed out.

Oh my God, so I just, like, finally broke down this morning.

I went to the bathroom and had a good cry, and I was like, "Okay, moving on."

[Cécile] Good, good, good. Come on.

[Simone] I knew that I was gonna cry at some point,

but I thought it'd be at, like, Classics, Championships,

like, second-guessing myself if I'm ready,

not at Olympic trials when I know I'm ready and prepared.

[commentator] This meet really has a lot of drama that is starting to build

with injuries and intrigue as well.

But there is still one stand-alone star, and that is Simone Biles.

[mysterious music playing]

[Simone] All righty, let's see how that stays today.

We shall see.

Nah, she did a better job this time, though.

-[Simone] What are you talking about? -No, the braid look good.

Baby, I'm talking about my flyaways.

[Jonathan] I was saying the braid…

I can't see, so I don't know.

I don't understand what you're saying,

'cause the braid has nothing to do with the flyways that I have.

[Jonathan] I was complimenting your braid.

[Simone] Leading up to a meet, like, in the room while getting ready,

that's when I'm most anxious

and nervous because I just want the meet to be here.

[fingers crack]

I'm ready.

Once somebody puts a label on you,

you kinda have to step up and do even more than expected.

I just think I have to keep a good headspace,

and I have to just do nothing more, nothing less

once we get out there.

-[Jonathan] 3:05. -Okay.

Oh yeah, I'm first on beam today.

-[woman] Goddamn, Simone. -[Cécile] All the way through. Come on.

-That'll be nice, though. -[Jonathan] So what do you end on?

Bars.

[Laurent] Bars. Step forward.

[Jonathan] So you gotta do the vault a little tired.

[Simone] What?

You gotta go to the vault a little tired?

-[Simone] I know. I hate that. -[Jonathan] Yeah.

-[Laurent] Even more. -[Cécile] More round.

[Laurent] Better try that. Come on.

Get in the ring, little thing.

[Jonathan] It's gonna be cold. Are your lips gonna be…

Do your lips stay good the whole time, or do you ever have to…

Didn't you see it two nights ago?

-It stayed the whole night. -Mm.

It'll stay the whole night.

Pardon me.

[chuckles]

-What? -You don't think she did the braid better?

-It looks the exact same. -Nah.

It looks the exact same.

-[Jonathan] I promise you, it doesn't. -It's just… I did my edges better.

It looks the exact same.

You see I'm about to learn, babe.

[Simone] I don't know what you're talking about.

-Can we see what's on TV? -[Simone] I don't care.

Before the Olympics is always anxiety ridden and anxiety filled,

and it's just one of those situations where,

"Okay, it's time now. Like, it's go time. It's so close."

[Laurent] She's very demanding of herself.

Hopefully, we gonna keep going up and up,

ramping it up in the quality of her gymnastics.

But, uh, it's the day of the competition.

You don't know what's gonna happen, really.

I feel like once we get past beam and floor, then I'll be good.

[Jonathan speaks indistinctly]

You truly feel like you're gonna throw up, cry, pee yourself.

Like, just all the things.

So it's an honor and a privilege to feel that pressure.

[gasps] I forgot my other… I need, uh…

-My leo's upstairs… [chuckles] -I got you, baby.

-I got you. -In the… in the, um…

-Just bring the whole Athleta bag. -[Jonathan] I got you.

[Jonathan] There was two Athleta bags, so I grabbed both.

I said the one with my leo by the trash can.

[woman] He got it!

He's a little sad. I'm being mean to him.

[both giggle]

[Jonathan] Literally ran down.

[indistinct chatter]

My mom says I'm mean on meet days.

Nah, you're just, like, focused.

-[woman] Have everything? -Okay. Bye.

-Love you. -Love you too. Good luck, baby.

-[Simone] Thanks. -See you in a few.

-[Simone] Okay. -All right.

[cheering and applause]

[commentator] It is the final evening of the US Olympic team trials in gymnastics.

There will be deliberation, elation, and emotion coming up.

Should be a great night.

[announcer] From Spring, Texas,

Simone Biles!

[cheering]

[commentator] Simone Biles.

Leader after day one, trying to lock down her spot on Team USA.

[cheering]

[Simone] It is one of the hardest teams in the world to make,

which we're so grateful that we have that depth,

but it is really stressful

because we can have one, two, three teams at the Olympics

go over and probably do really well,

but unfortunately, we're only allowed to take one team and only five athletes.

[commentator] 13 athletes competing tonight,

but we had three more that many expected to be right there to make the team.

And unfortunately, injuries set in.

Skye Blakely. Take you back to Wednesday, podium training.

[announcer 2] We knew something serious had happened right when she landed.

Had to be carried off the floor.

[commentator] So an Achilles injury for Skye Blakely.

And then Kayla DiCello on vault.

[commentator 2] Oh, whoa.

[commentator] Also an Achilles.

[Simone] It's so sad seeing a teammate go down.

Mentally, it affects all of the athletes.

[commentator] Shilese Jones, another one that, beginning of the week, you say,

"Yeah, she's gonna make the team." This was in warm-up.

Unable to go to night two.

[Laurie] They're all competing against one another, but they're friends.

They've been friends for years on end.

So it's so hard to watch your friends go down,

like, crying, getting wheelchaired off.

It's a really scary feeling, and then looking at that and thinking,

"Hmm, okay. Um, I have to compete now."

So just gotta figure out how to reset.

[Laurie] So tense out here.

I mean, I feel like I've had a tummyache the whole night, and I'm not completing.

The stakes are so high.

They've worked so hard for this, and you can see it in their work.

[Simone] Whenever something like that happens, you're so terrified.

An injury can happen to any of us at any point.

So I think we get a little bit wary once that happens.

[Cécile] I know Simone, she was scared of she would get hurt next,

and that's when we kind of told the girls, like,

"Hey, stay in your bubble. Just try not to look around."

But it's easier said than done. Like, we all felt it.

It's good. Be normal.

Don't overthink.

You can do it every day.

[Simone] Most are gonna start to overthink all of the logistics we never think about.

[cheering]

[Laurent] They're almost at the end right now,

and they just need to focus on what they've been working on

for the past couple of years.

[suspenseful music playing]

[cheering]

But as soon as you put question in your mind,

then this is where trouble comes, and then mistake can happen.

[spectator] Come on, Simone!

[suspenseful music ends]

[commentator 2] Didn't quite get her back foot down,

but they need to be able to hit under pressure here.

[Laurie] Mistakes happen, and she cares so much

and has such a high expectation for herself.

But she can make those mistakes, and she's gonna be on the team.

[suspenseful music playing]

[cheering]

[O'Beirne] She could literally fall three to five times,

that's a whole point, and still win.

That's how good she is.

-So annoying. -[Laurent] But it was a great routine.

Better to happen now than in a couple of weeks.

I've worked, what? Twenty-seven years for this. You know what I'm saying?

And most people work 27 years to retire.

-[spectator 1] Come on, Simone! -[spectator 2] Come on! Come on!

[Simone] Nothing just, like, sets your heart on fire like that.

Being so determined for a goal

that you've worked your entire life to do.

[commentator] Simone Biles makes impossible an opinion.

I never thought I would see someone do gymnastics the way she does.

[commentator 2] Check it out. She went 12 feet in the air.

[cheering]

[Simone] Yes, we're gonna have other big milestones in our life,

but you'll just never feel what it's like to work your whole life for something

and you to have one chance at it.

[commentator] And as expected, everybody out of their seats at the Target Center.

Simone Biles cannot be caught.

She will be heading back to the Olympics. The winner of the all-around here.

[cheering]

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but at 27 years old,

you are the oldest female American gymnast since the 1950s…

-Yeah. -…to head to the Olympics.

[cheering]

[Simone] I knew I wasn't done after the performances in Tokyo,

so just getting back in the gym and working hard

and trusting the process with Cécile and Laurent,

I knew I'd be back.

-[gymnast] Ready? -[all] One, two, three, go USA!

[Simone] The same feeling, the rush.

I don't think I'll ever be as nervous

as I'll be at trials, at the Olympics,

as I'll be again in life.

[announcer] Your 2024 Team USA women's Olympic team!

[cheering]

[squealing]

[Simone] My end goal, and I feel like I can say this,

because I have done, like, two Olympic Games,

so many World Championships…

My goal isn't to make an Olympic team anymore.

It's to, like, go over and win the Olympics.

[indistinct chatter]

[Jonathan] Ah!

[commentator] So Simone Biles left the floor,

and now she's coming back.

[commentator 2] She does not know what her ankle's gonna do.

She didn't get to test it again after she hurt it,

so her first pass is gonna be a warm-up.

That was a bad moment for me

simply because I did not know what was going on.

[commentator] Simone continues to test that lower leg.

I think, in the moment, we had very little time to make a decision.

Should she continue the competition? Is it safe for her to compete?

I'm gonna sit a little 'cause they'll probably wait.

[spectators] Allez, Simone!

[woman] And making sure that she knew,

or if she felt "I'm not sure I'm safe enough to go,"

then she wasn't going to go.

[Simone] On every single punch and takeoff, I could definitely feel my calf.

But we're doing so much, you can't really focus on it.

[Simone] So I need to do a hop on.

And then a layout and a double… whatever.

[Laurent] I know it was hurting

because I can see in the face a little bit of… she start to freak out.

It's only pain. Pain will be there. Don't worry. It's not gonna go away.

But your readiness is not gonna go away neither.

[commentator] The atmosphere in this place has changed a bit.

Apprehension right now

after watching her struggle with the lower leg.

[commentator 2] They know her story.

They know this is the event where it happened at the last Olympics.

[Simone] Qualifications is super stressful.

We know how much that can impact the rest of our Olympic trajectory.

[Laurent] It's actually a very important day

to… to have a good day, the first day of qualifications.

Pretty much make it or break it for the rest of the week.

[Nellie] Obviously, she looked like she was hurt.

And it didn't go away.

[commentator] US has made their way over to vault. The warm-up for Simone Biles.

[Laurent] I hope she can give hundred percent of herself

and actually does what she's prepared to do.

Can I crawl?

[commentator] Whatever was hurting, it's hurting more now.

[commentator 2] Tell me if I'm wrong. That's painful anyway.

[commentator] Oh yeah.

[Simone] It's either that or hopping.

I'm gonna need a wheelchair.

[Simone] Because I'm so anxious about it

that I feel like, "Everything's gonna be okay."

"Calm down. Don't freak out."

And you don't know if it's a fluke yet.

[commentator] The stakes are as high as they were in Tokyo,

but the vibe is different.

[commentator 3] Now then, it's Simone Biles on vault.

[suspenseful music playing]

[commentator 3] My goodness me!

We will see the Yurchenko double pike,

and we will witness the hardest vault out there in the world.

[Laurent] What I care about, that she can handle her pain

and that everything is under control and that it doesn't get worse.

[Simone] They were like, "Are you okay?" I'm like, "We are not doing this again."

[chuckles] "We're not doing this again."

[cheering]

[Aly] Gymnastics is so dangerous as it is,

and I honestly don't know how she continued to go.

But she said something to me after that will always stick with me

and really broke my heart.

And I asked her, "How did you do it when you were in so much pain?"

And she said, "I couldn't have people tell me I was a quitter again."

[reporter] Why make it easy?

My goodness, the legend grows.

[reporter 2] She's through qualification, but the big question.

How is her calf? How is the injury?

What next for Simone Biles?

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♪ But maybe that's just daydreaming ♪

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♪ Will you ♪

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♪ I need you to give us Just one more chance ♪

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[lyrics in Spanish]