So it wasn’t Simone Biles. At least not this time, but no one can truly be sure when the next round of Olympic COVID tests come in.
News broke late Monday in Japan that a member of the United States Olympic women’s gymnastics team had tested positive for the virus, thus putting her participation in the Games in significant jeopardy.
The Opening Ceremony is Friday. The gymnastics competition begins Sunday.
The initial report said it was a teenager, thus ruling out the 24-year-old Biles, the biggest American star in the Olympics and a centerpiece of NBC’s coverage out of Tokyo the next few weeks.