Many fans described Simone Biles with the same one word on Sunday ― “tough.”
The U.S. gymnastics great earned the adjective big-time during qualifying at the Paris Olympics.
Hobbled by a lower-leg injury that she aggravated in practice just moments earlier, an unfazed Biles topped her group in all-around points, announcing to the world that she was back.
Back from a disappointing 2021 Olympics in which she withdrew from the team final and all-around due to mental health stress and a case of the twisties. And back from sudden discomfort in her Paris debut that her coach described as a flareup of calf pain. Biles got taped up and kept excelling.
“Simone Biles is tough,” one observer wrote on X. “She is the GOAT for a reason.”
Another commenter couldn’t just leave it at tough.
“Simone Biles is super tough,” the person wrote. “... She’s fighting through, and doing great!”
Check out those and other “tough” responses: