Simone Biles sported a Inexperienced Bay Packers jacket to observe her husband, NFL security, Jonathan Owens play with the Chicago Bears in a preseason recreation.
Contemporary from the 2024 Paris Olympics, 27-year-old Biles arrived at Chicago’s Soldier Area on Saturday, August 17, to assist Owens, 29, and the Bears as they performed in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Biles shared a photograph by way of her Instagram Story of her recreation day outfit, which consisted of an outsized jacket depicting black and white photos of Owens in his No. 34 jersey, which he wore when he performed for the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Owens performed for the Packers in 2023 earlier than signing a two-year contract with the Bears, their longtime NFL rivals, in March 2024.
The Olympian accomplished her outfit with a black bodysuit she paired with a black Prada bucket hat and one black and white Nike sneaker. In a Boomerang shared by way of her Instagram Story, Biles wore a black ankle boot on her left foot as a result of a calf damage she sustained on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Biles tweaked her calf throughout flooring train warmups on July 28 forward of the all-around gymnastics qualifiers whereas trying to land her triple-double. Laurie Hernandez, Olympics commentator and Workforce USA alum, famous that Biles had “landed bizarre” whereas working towards the stunt. Biles, for her half, carried out her flooring routine with a taped-up calf and took dwelling a silver medal for Ladies’s Ground – Creative Gymnastics. (Biles gained 4 medals total on the Paris Video games: one silver and three gold.)
“It’s simply precautionary, ensuring, as a result of we nonetheless have [a] tour after this to heal up and all of that stuff. So, just a bit little bit of soreness,” Biles stated of the medical boot in an interview with NBC’s Mike Tirico on August 5. She additionally added that her calf “is sweet.”
“I really feel like elite athletes are fairly powerful, so we’re simply, by means of ache or pleasure, we’re prepared for no matter,” Biles instructed Tirico, 57, as they watched footage of the autumn. “So primarily, what you’re seeing right here is, I used to be simply attempting to over-rotate for good measure, and I did simply that and nearly knocked [coach Laurent Landi] on out. But it surely was good.”
Owens gushed over his “warrior” spouse in a Chicago Bears press convention on August 6 in Chicago. Earlier than coaching camp, Owens had been in Paris to assist Biles whereas she competed for Workforce USA.
“Clearly, the primary day when she had the damage to her calf and simply her potential to persevere by means of that and go on the market and nonetheless dominate is simply superb to observe,” he stated. “Her resilience, and when she did resolve to return again she achieved all the things that she set her thoughts to. Simply having the ability to witness daily, the coaching you undergo.”