By: EFE
“ Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final team competition due to a health problem. Will be evaluated daily to determine if he has medical authorization for future competitions. ”
With a statement of just two lines he tried to stop the United States Federation of Gymnastics the flood of conjectures that followed the withdrawal of the biggest star of the sport of the team final in the Tokyo Olympics.
The statement confirms that there is a problem and left in doubt the participation of Biles in the rest of the finals that he had pending: that of the complete contest and those of jump, floor and bar . At night it was confirmed that he will not be in the individual all-around final on Thursday.
Simone Biles: “We must prioritize mental health.” pic.twitter.com/vfkItrBrsS
– Felipe Ovalle (@FelipeOvalle) July 13 , 2021
No apparent injuries, but insecure since she started competing last Sunday, Biles came out with a serious gesture to the Ariake gym , did his jumping exercise, which did not nail, and exchanged puzzled glances with his trainers.
“ I have to focus on my mental health. I don’t trust myself that much anymore, maybe I’m getting older. We are not just athletes. We are people and sometimes we have to take a step back ”, said the athlete, hinting at the possible problem.
Simone Biles: “I’m sorry. I love you guys, but you’re gonna be just fine.”
“You guys have trained your whole entire life for this, it’s fine. I’ve been to an Olympics, I’ll be fine. This is your first – you go out there and kick ass, okay? ” pic.twitter.com/r2RxWQ2Dsy
– Kendall Baker (@TheKendallBaker) July 27, 2021
After seeing the note of 13, 766 , the worst among the members of her team, the reigning Olympic champion left the stage with a team doctor. She returned a few minutes later, clad in a tracksuit and with a mask on.
Her withdrawal from the final became official in a matter of minutes, which took Jordan Chiles to start heating up, who was going to be a substitute in asymmetrical.
EVENT 70 OF 339 BY MEDAL !!! After the departure of # SimoneBiles in # ArtisticGymnastics
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: Women’s teams.
RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE takes gold # ROC
United States silver medal #USES [166.096] Great Britain takes bronze # GBR [164.096] pic.twitter.com/DpiHqwJJ4z
– Dani (@DanyLance 10) July 27, 2021
United States lost the gold medal , or won by Russia, who were already above two days before in the qualifying round.
During that day, in his str At the Tokyo Games, Biles did not wear his usual smile. She moved restlessly around the pavilion between exercises and, within her exceptional level, did not obtain the expected marks . In fact, it was first in jump but second on the ground (apparatus in which it has not lost any competition since 2013) and sixth in bar.
Less than a month ago, in the selection tests to form the American team, Biles won on the first day of competition but lost on the second to his partner Sunisa Lee . She reacted with tears and, asked about that defeat and her pain, attributed one to the other to the pressure of the imminence of other Olympic Games.
The Texan gymnast won four gold medals and one bronze that in Tokyo could at least match, according to the marks obtained in recent seasons. Except for the sabbatical year that was taken after the previous Games, she has won all the competitions in which she has participated except two.
During this period also became a social reference when revealing the abuses to which she was subjected by doctor Larry Nassar, today in prison. Then it has been a continuous scourge for the federation and the American Olympic committee, which he accuses of turning a deaf ear to the complaints made for years.
After concluding today’s final, he chatted animatedly with the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the German Thomas Bach, who went down to the track to talk to her and inquire about her condition. And after collecting her silver medal, she spent more than half an hour taking pictures with her teammates in an already empty Ariake.
The same gymnast to whom before the Games the social network twitter dedicated an emoji like GOAT (the best of all time) has today a problem and only she keeps the secret of what happens to her. Health, physical or mental, played a trick on her when she was getting ready to revalidate the first of his Olympic golds. It is a matter of hours to know if your problem is temporary or serious enough to miss the rest of the finals as well. .
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