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Simone Biles<\/strong><\/a> is doing whatever it takes to prevent her calf pain from getting worse after an injury at the 2024 Olympics. Following her final competition at the Games on Monday, August, 5, Simone sat down for an interview<\/a> with NBC\u2019s Mike Tirico<\/strong> and was wearing a walking boot on her left foot.<\/p>\n \u201cCalf is good,\u201d Simone, 27, confirmed. \u201cIt\u2019s just precautionary, making sure. Because we still have tour after this, to heal up and all of that stuff. So, just a little bit of soreness.\u201d<\/p>\n Viewers first noticed Simone experiencing discomfort in her calf after a fall during warmups for floor exercise in the qualifying round of the Olympics on July 28. Despite limping on the sidelines and getting her calf heavily taped for the competition, Simone went on to win a gold medal in the team competition, the individual all-around and vault. She also took home silver in floor exercise.<\/p>\n While footage of her warmup fall played in the background, Simone admitted, \u201cI feel like elite athletes are pretty tough, so we\u2019re just, through pain or pleasure, we\u2019re ready for whatever. So mainly, what you\u2019re seeing here, I was just trying to over rotate for good measure, and I did just that, and almost knocked [my coach] Laurent out. But it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n Her experience at the 2024 Games was much different than what she went through in Tokyo in 2021, during which she withdrew from a majority of events after experiencing a mental block<\/a> called the \u201ctwisties.\u201d Although the Ohio native has admitted she once didn\u2019t know if she\u2019d ever return to gymnastics again, she persevered and continued to rack up the medals during her comeback.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a lot happier,\u201d she confirmed. \u201cI chose to do this. So at the end of the day, whatever happens, happens. But I\u2019m in a good spot mentally and physically, so you can\u2019t take that away from me. So whenever I\u2019m out there, it\u2019s just pure joy. Can\u2019t believe I\u2019m out there again, competing, representing my country, just having fun, doing what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n After taking home the gold medal for vault on August 3, Simone discussed the possibility of returning for the Olympics in 2028, which are taking place in Los Angeles. \u201cNever say never<\/a>,\u201d she teased. \u201cThe next Olympics is at home. So, you just never know. But I am getting really old.\u201d<\/p>\n However, she then made it clear on social media that she didn\u2019t want to answer any more questions about her future. \u201cyou guys really gotta stop asking athletes<\/a> what\u2019s next after they win a medal at the Olympics,\u201d she posted on X. \u201clet us soak up the moment we\u2019ve worked our whole lives for.\u201d<\/p>\n Simone\u2019s gymnastics comeback was documented in the Netflix series Simone Biles: Rising.<\/em> Cameras continued to film the professional athlete\u2019s journey at the Olympics and the remaining episodes will be released sometime this fall.<\/p>\n \u201cThe legacy, I feel like, is just having fun, doing what you love and that\u2019s what I try to instill in [my teammates] every single day in practice,\u201d Simone gushed. \u201cIt\u2019s worth it because, I mean, we\u2019re here in Paris, just won a couple medals, and it\u2019s super exciting. You work your whole entire life for moments like this to represent your country on an Olympic stage, and we did just that this weekend. So we\u2019re so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n