Here's Why Simone Biles Skipped the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics

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wasn't present for the for the in Paris.It would be understandable if you didn't, considering how much was going on Team USA's boat.

Led by and Lebron James, who served as this year's flag bearers, most of the American athletes were having the time of their lives in matching Ralph Lauren 'fits (and clear rain ponchos).

WNBA superstar rocked throughout the festivities. Water Polo player Kaleigh Gilchrist was making Taylor Swift-related . Track and field star Tara Davis-Woodhall OLY took selfies with a bunch of GOATs.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.However, one GOAT we didn't see hamming it up was four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, who had a pretty understandable reason for skipping the festivities (and missing iconic performances by and in the process). "The first competition is Sunday, which is woman’s qualifier, and of course she needs to rest up before that competition," Biles' mother Nellie Biles told Hoda Kotb during NBC's live broadcast, per . “She is feeling really good.

Spoke to her this morning and she’s doing great.”They’re athletic, yes, but these Olympians also have a talent for the ’Tok.On Sunday, July 28, Simone Biles and the rest of her teammates will compete qualifying events beginning at 3:30 am ET, though the Team USA women will start at 5:40am ET.