Shortly after 5 p.m., still two hours to go until meet time and one hour until the doors actually opened to the public, people were already lined up down Carlton Street by the hoards. Excitement buzzed through the chilly January air in Athens,

Olympic champion Simone Biles surprised the Georgia gymnastics team by pulling up to the Stegeman Coliseum and snapping a photo with the athletes.

Simone Biles, as she made her triumphant return to the Olympic Games. Biles won four medals in Paris last summer, including three golds. The victories made her the most decorated gymnast of all time when accounting for her world championship medals.

Simone Biles is in Athens Friday to support longtime coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi. She got her very own UGA football jersey while in town.