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Throughout the subdivision, the second of five, there were numerous potential road bumps for the US team. Just before Biles began on the floor exercise, Jade Carey, the reigning Olympic floor champion, performed a watered down routine and then bailed out of her final tumbling pass. Biles was charged with immediately following up her team-mate, but Biles calmly produced a brilliant floor routine.
Simone Biles holds her left ankle after competing in the vault event. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images At times it seemed unlikely that she would even be in contention for Paris, but Lee made it back just in time for Paris and her score of 56.132 means she now sits in second place behind Biles and will be one of the highest all around qualifiers. Lee can also compete for medals on the floor exercise and uneven bars. While Chiles sits in third place, just .067 behind Lee, only two gymnasts per country can compete in the all around final.
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