Article 5MTWA Simone Biles on last Olympic chance after withdrawal from floor final

Simone Biles on last Olympic chance after withdrawal from floor final

by
Tumaini Carayol in Tokyo
from US news | The Guardian on (#5MTWA)

Simone Biles has withdrawn from Monday's women's floor exercise final at the Tokyo Olympics, marking her fifth withdrawal out of the six finals she had qualified for.

After pulling out of the women's team final after losing her bearings in the air during her opening vault, Biles has now also pulled out of the individual all-around, vault, bars and floor finals due to a mental block on her elements and the need to preserve her mental health.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/rss
Feed Title US news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/us-news
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2026
Reply 0 comments