Group USA misplaced one of many biggest gymnasts in historical past for the Group Closing in Tokyo.
Early Tuesday morning stateside, it was introduced that Simone Biles was dropping out of the Tokyo Olympic Group Gymnastics Closing. Biles had taken half within the vault earlier than withdrawing, leaving Jordan Chiles to deal with the steadiness beam and uneven bars in her place.
In accordance with a Group USA coach on the NBC broadcast of the occasion, the difficulty is not injury-related, fairly psychological health-related. Biles had been noticed saying “I am positive” to a coach after the vault earlier than departing the occasion with a medical staffer.
The Girls’s All-Round competitors is the following occasion Biles is in line to take part in, and that is scheduled for Thursday. In the mean time, it’s unclear if she will likely be accessible for that.
