Simone Biles has pulled out of the Olympics 2020 gymnastics team final in Tokyo and we have all the details. <\/p>
Simone Biles is out of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after leaving the women\u2019s team gymnastics final.<\/p>\n
The US megastar won four golds \u2013 including in the team event \u2013 and a bronze at Rio 2016 and her absence is a huge blow for the American team.<\/p>\n
BBC commentator Matt Baker broke the news during the BBC Two coverage of the event, but couldn\u2019t offer further details at the time. Since then, more details have emerged about Biles\u2019 exit.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> rounds up everything we know about why Simone Biles has pulled out of the women\u2019s gymnastics<\/a> team final at Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n Biles was competing on the vault when the issue occurred. She appeared to be aiming for two and a half twists but could only manage one and a half during her attempt.<\/p>\n She lurched forward during her landing and left the vault area looking shaken, without a smile on her face.<\/p>\n Former gymnast star Beth Tweddle, working in the studio for BBC, said Biles looked a little \u2018lost\u2019 in the air and didn\u2019t look herself.<\/p>\n Biles left the arena for treatment before returning to reportedly inform teammates she wouldn\u2019t continue.<\/p> US news outlet NBC and Associated Press announced the news Biles would not return to the women\u2019s team final, then US gymnastics confirmed the news without giving a reason.<\/p>\n BBC reporter John Watson, in Tokyo, commented that she is sitting in her tracksuit supporting teammates and was spotted flexing her ankles \u2013 a potential suggestion of the issue.<\/p>\n Watson also commented that her absence from the remainder of the team event may be precautionary as Biles still has all of the individual finals to come.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Simone Biles has pulled out of the Olympics 2020 gymnastics team final in Tokyo and we have all the details. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2245,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final.jpg",1024,683,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final.jpg",800,534,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final.jpg",1024,683,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/07\/why-simone-biles-pulled-out-of-olympics-2020-gymnastics-team-final.jpg",1024,683,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Simone Biles has pulled out of the Olympics 2020 gymnastics team final in Tokyo and we have all the details.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/2244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why is Simone Biles out of the Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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