Simone Biles made a rare misstep, but her performance on “Dancing with the Stars” was still plenty strong enough to survive the first elimination Monday.
The four-time Olympic champion gymnast got a step ahead of partner Sasha Farber on their cha-cha on the season’s second episode, leading to a lower score this week (29 out of 40) than the first week (32 out of 40).
“What you did was nice, just not together,” judge Carrie Ann Inaba said.
“I don’t know if I necessarily felt it, but what I saw was beautiful,” added another judge, Julianne Hough.