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4B Sunday, October 28, 2018
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
SPORTS
GYMNASTICS
Biles fights through kidney stone at Worlds
BY WILL GRAVES
Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar — Simone
Biles spent a portion of the
night before her return to
world championships in the
emergency room. The sen
sation she chalked up to the
usual pre-meet stress evolved
into searing agony that at
times left her crawling on the
floor.
When a CT scan revealed
a kidney stone — one she
nicknamed “the Doha Pearl”
— the reigning Olympic gym
nastics champion grabbed
her stuff and discharged her
self from the hospital, telling
the staff she’ll deal with the
pain later.
“I heard rollercoasters
might help kidney stones,”
Biles said. “And I’m like
‘Well, I’m basically like my
own little rollercoaster out
there.’”
One that turns each per
formance into a thrill ride
of its own. Smiling through
each twist, flip and turn, the
21-year-old Biles was nearly
flawless during qualifying on
Saturday, posting the high
est scores on balance beam,
floor exercise and vault on
her way to a total of 60.965
on a day when the Ameri
cans put up a team score
of 174.429, a staggering 12
points clear of second-place
Japan through six of 11 quali
fying groups.
“She’s Simone,” U.S. high
performance coordinator
Tom Forster said. “You’d
expect the same out of a
Michael Jordan or a Tiger
Woods and that’s who she is
in our sport.”
Even though she didn’t get
back to the hotel room she
shares with teammate Riley
McCusker until after 1 a.m.
on Saturday.
Even after skipping the
early workout as a pre
caution. Even though she
couldn’t be treated with the
same pain medication typi
cally given those dealing with
kidney stones because doing
so would put her in jeopardy
of failing a drug test.
No matter. Biles did what
she always seems to do when
the rest of her sport is watch
ing: She dominated. Her
all-around total marked the
highest in the world since her
gold medal-winning total at
the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Asked what she’d give her
self on a day she completed a
vault in competition that will
end up bearing her name the
next time the code of points is
updated, Biles shrugged and
said “6 or 7.”
Not bad considering Biles
was initially concerned she
had appendicitis, which
would have forced her to sit
out the competition entirely.
Instead it’s “just” a kid
ney stone, albeit one Biles
believes she won’t be able to
pass, meaning she’s going to
have to deal with it through
out a very busy week that
will include team finals, the
all-around final and all four
event finals.
Biles believes she’ll be
fine. Even if she’s not quite
100 percent, the gap between
herself and the rest of the
world is so sizable it might
not matter. She finished
more than four points ahead
of teammate and 2017 world
champion Morgan Hurd,
whose score of 56.465 edged
Japan’s Mai Murakami for
second halfway through qual- VADIM GHIRDAI Associated Press
ifying and assured Hurd of a Simone Biles of the U.S. salutes fans after performing on
spot in the finals. the vault in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.
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