INDIANAPOLIS — Simone Biles with a fall was better than the rest of the field, including Olympic champion Gabby Douglas, on the first night of the P&G Championships on Thursday.
Biles, the two-time reigning World all-around champion trying to become the first woman in 23 years to win three straight U.S. all-around titles, fell on her trademark event, floor exercise.
Olympic floor exercise champion Aly Raisman walked up to and hugged Biles after the fall on her last tumbling pass that caused a collective gasp inside the Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
“I fell on beam, it’s OK,” Raisman told Biles.