Simone Biles was in the emergency room past 1 a.m. on Saturday. Didn’t look like in in world championships qualifying 17 hours later.
The four-time Rio Olympic champion endured a kidney stone, coming back with the top all-around qualifying score thus far and all but guaranteeing a place in all four apparatus finals. The last gymnast to run the table like that in qualifying? Biles in 2013.
She has the highest score on balance beam, floor exercise and vault and the second-highest on uneven bars with half the gymnasts yet to start qualification. She also got a vault named after her after becoming the first woman to perform it in a major international competition.