Simone Biles Comforts Jordan Chiles After Beam Fall at Tokyo Olympics

Jordan Chiles had a tough go at her Olympics debut.

The 20-year-old USA Gymnastics star — who had been driving an unimaginable scorching streak heading into the video games — dedicated a handful of main errors throughout Sunday’s girls’s gymnastics qualification in Tokyo. She wrapped up the disappointing exhibiting with a stint on the steadiness beam, the place she fell to the mat and wound up on her palms and knees after her dismount.

And regardless that Group USA’s foremost celebrity had her personal steadiness beam routine to fret about, gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles made positive to verify in on her visibly upset teammate for membership and nation following the error-filled train.

Biles walked over to Chiles — who had her head hidden behind her World Champions Centre coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi — and crouched alongside her. The 24-year-old worldwide icon appeared to ship phrases of encouragement to her youthful teammate, then tapped her on the knee in encouragement after spending practically a minute by her facet.

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Moments later, Biles mounted the beam for her personal routine on what’s decidedly her most troublesome equipment. She pulled collectively a clear efficiency earlier than overpowering her dismount and catapulting off the mat.

Even with the obvious error on the touchdown, Biles earned a formidable 14.066 from the judges — good for sixth place within the occasion and a spot within the steadiness beam closing on Tuesday, August 3.

Although Chiles’ particular person Olympics stint is over, followers can watch her and Biles compete side-by-side within the staff all-around closing on Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. ET. Biles, in the meantime, is about to compete within the particular person all-around, vault, and floor finals. She additionally has an opportunity to compete within the steadiness beam and uneven bars finals, pending outcomes from athletes representing different nations.