Simone Biles Wears Boot for 'Precautionary' Reasons After Olympic Final: 'Little Bit of Soreness'

Mar. 15, 2025

Simone Biles.Photo:Naomi Baker/Getty

Naomi Baker/Getty

Simone Bilesis taking care of herself.

The Olympic gymnast, 27, appeared with aprotective boot on her left legin an NBC interview on Monday, Aug. 5, after taking a tumble during the warm-up to her women’s floor exercise final.

Biles told NBC’s Mike Tirico that she had “a little bit of soreness” to her calf and the boot was for “precautionary” reasons, perToday.

“Calf is good. It’s just precautionary, making sure, because we still have (a) tour after this to heal up and all of that stuff,” Biles said. “So, just a little bit of soreness.”

“I feel like elite athletes are pretty tough, so we’re just, through pain or pleasure, we’re ready for whatever,” she continued.

Biles during a training session at the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 25.Naomi Baker/Getty

Tirico then showed Biles footage of her fall during her warmups to the Olympic floor finals, where sheclaimed a silver medal— her 11th Olympic medal overall.

“So mainly, what you’re seeing here is, I was just trying to over-rotate for good measure, and I did just that and almost knocked (coach) (Cecile Landi) on out. But it was good,” Biles said, perToday.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Biles experienced issues with her leg throughout the games after she suffered an injury in warmups weeks before arriving in Paris, her coach Cecile Landi previously shared, perOlympics.com.

She was seen earlier in the games with her left leg “heavily taped” and walked around with a “noticeable limp” between competing in women’s qualifying on July 28 July, perAssociated Press.

Biles at the Olympics on Aug. 3.Julian Finney/Getty

Julian Finney/Getty

“She did well. It’s day eight. She’s a little tired, and emotionally and physically it’s been a long week,” Landi told reporters, including PEOPLE, after Biles’ floor final.

“She made mistakes on floor, but I mean, you make a mistake, you’re still a silver medalist. It’s pretty cool. It was just her calf a little flaring up during the warm-up. We warmed up and waited a while in the hallway, so I think she was a little bit coldish and so when she punched the first time, there was a little bit of pain. But afterwards, she felt fine.”

source: people.com