The multiple Olympic and world champion in artistic gymnastics Simone Biles had to leave the final team event at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday 2020.
So far the only official information that is known is a tweet from the International Gymnastics Federation, FIG, in which it indicates that the multiple champion will no longer compete during the team final.
Biles, who won four gold medals in the Ríos Olympics and is considered As the best gymnast in history, she could have won her fifth gold medal this Tuesday.
Confirmed: After one routine, Simone Biles 🇺🇸 will sit out the rest of the Women’s Team final in # ArtisticGymnastics at # Tokyo 2020 . # Olympics
– FIG (@gymnastics) July 37, 2021
However, after the first outing in trestle jumping, reported discomfort.
No obvious signs of injury were seen, but returned from treatment room flexing ankle, reported John Watson of BBC Sport in Tokyo.
Later she was only seen in the competition gym dressed in the long pants that are part of her team’s uniform, which implied that she would not continue in the competition.
The legend Biles
Simone Biles had arrived in Tokyo as the great star of these Olympic Games after the retirement of sprinter Usain Bolt and swimmer Michael Phelps, who had reigned in the last Olympics in their respective disciplines.
After an outstanding performance in Rio 2016, the American gymnast has achieved in recent years feats that are thought impossible in their discipline.
For example, at the US national championships in 2016, Biles performed a triple double jump, a skill no one else had achieved so far.
The movement was named Biles II, because the original Biles that she herself had already stamped in history is a double exit in the routine on the balance beam.
However, during the preliminary tests in Tokyo, Biles was not in her best form and, although she qualified for the team finals and individual events, she was surpassed in score by the Russian gymnasts.
And this Tuesday, after his first round of the women’s team final, she was seen leaving the venue accompanied by the US Gymnastics technical team.
Shortly after, she appeared dressed in the long pants of the presentation uniform and it was announced that would not continue in the competition on Tuesday.
At the moment, it is unknown if Biles only decided not to compete in this team event or he will not take part in the individual finals to which he had qualified during the weekend.
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