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Simone Biles receives heartfelt message from Jade Carey as she goes for gold at 2024 Olympics
Sometimes even Simone Biles can use some words of encouragement.
The most decorated gymnast in U.S. history led the squad to a top score of 172.296 during the qualifying round of the team gymnastics competition at the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics.
Biles overcame a sore ankle and the recent memory of her disappointing performance at the 2020 Tokyo Games to post the highest scores of the day on the floor and vault.
Afterwards, she showed some modesty on Instagram by writing that she is ‘grateful to be doing what I love.’
But teammate Jade Carey wasn’t hearing it.
Biles smiles after competing on the uneven bars during Sunday's competition in Paris
Jade Carey of United States reacts after her performance on the Floor Exercise
‘You are a star,’ Carey wrote to the four-time Olympic gold medalist.
Not to be outdone, Biles’ husband also chimed in on the conversation.
‘Killing it baby,’ wrote Jonathan Owens, who is preparing to begin his first season in the Chicago Bears secondary.
The 27-year-old Biles is in the lineup to compete in all four events of the team final despite a calf injury. Biles tweaked her left calf while warming up for floor exercise during qualifying on Sunday. She still topped the all-around with the highest scores on floor and vault.
Competition begins at 12:15pm EDT at Bercy Arena. The Americans are favored to win gold after finishing runner-up to Russia in 2021.
Biles’ teammate Jordan Chiles also will compete in all four events. Chiles finished fourth in the all-around during qualifying behind Biles, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and 2020 Olympic champion Sunisa Lee.
Jade Carey didn't want to hear any of Simone Biles' modesty on social media
Not to be outdone, Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens also chimed in on the conversation
Owens (left) has recently left the Packers to sign with the rival Chicago Bears
Last week, U.S. team leaders had considered holding Biles out of the uneven bars in team finals to give her a small break during the Games. Instead, Biles will be part of every event during the finals, when three gymnasts compete and all three scores count. Her husband, Jonathan Owens, is expected to be there.
The Americans are heavily favored to win gold after finishing runner-up to Russia in Tokyo three years ago.
Biles will go last for the U.S. on three events — vault, floor exercise and balance beam — and will be up second on uneven bars.
Jordan Chiles, who finished fourth in the all-around during qualifying behind Biles, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and 2020 Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, will also compete on all four events.
Chiles, part of the silver medal-winning U.S. team three years ago, will lead off on vault, bars and balance beam and go second behind Lee on floor exercise.
Lee will be the third American on uneven bars, her signature event. She will be second on beam and first on floor exercise.
The only unexpected tweak to the lineup is on floor, where 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey will sit. Carey, who will vault, struggled on floor during qualifying and said afterward she is dealing with an illness.
Hezly Rivera, at 16 the youngest member of the five-woman team, is not scheduled to compete. Rivera was part of the lineup on bars and beam during qualifying, though her scores on each event were dropped from the team total.