Simone Biles Competed With A Kidney Stone at Artistic Gymnastics Championships This Weekend

Simone Biles Competed With A Kidney Stone at Artistic Gymnastics Championships This Weekend

Anyone who’s ever had a kidney stone will know 100% that they are pain-ful!

So, just imagine having one and then having to do a million flips and tricks and nail them because you’re Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time. Because she did that.

Over the weekend at the 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Simone continued to break records by securing the highest individual scores on the beam, vault, and floor, and placed second on the uneven bars; and we emphasize this: with a kidney stone!

Oh, and no big deal, but her vault performance where she added an extra half twist was named “The Biles”.

“nothing like a late night ER visit less than 24 hrs before world championships. this kidney stone can wait…. 👊🏾 doing it for my team! ❤️ I’ll be gucci girls !” Simone shared with fans on Twitter the night before the championships, in the hospital.

Later on, Simone opened up about discovering her kidney stone: “We had to go to the ER, because I’ve been having stomach pains on my right side for two days. We started to think it was my appendix, so we wanted to go as a precaution. We got tests done, and they found a kidney stone. I’m in a bit of pain [today], so adrenaline helps.”

As of today, Simone still hasn’t had the stone removed.

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