The mystery surrounding gymnastics superstar Simone Biles

The Russian team won the final in Tokyo on Tuesday with 169,528 points. Without four-time Olympic champion Biles, who, according to the association, dropped out of the competition for “a medical reason” after the jump, the USA came in second with 166,096 points and therefore missed out on their third Olympic victory in a row. Great Britain took third place with 164,096 points. However, the focus was on Biles, who stopped participating after the first device. The 24-year-old had previously received an unusually low score of 13,766 points for her jump. She then left the hall with the American team doctor, where she returned a short time later with a bandage on her right leg. From then on she was listed in the start lists with an “R” for reserve, and the World Gymnastics Federation shortly confirmed her elimination in the team final. “I also feel like I don’t have as much joy anymore.” Simone Biles, gymnastics superstar from the USA After the award ceremony, Biles said he was not injured, but left open the possibility of competing in the all-around final on Thursday. A decision on this will be made later, said the 24-year-old. “Tomorrow we have something like a little training break, it's nice to have a day of rest for the head. “I’m not hurt,” she said. She also indicated emotional problems. She no longer trusts herself the way she did, she doesn't know if it's because of her age, but she gets more nervous when she does gymnastics, she said. “I also feel like I don’t have as much joy anymore,” she explained. Biles complained about high pressure At the beginning of the week she complained about the enormous pressure on Instagram. “It wasn't an easy day or my best, but I got through it. I truly feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders right now. I know I brush it off and make it seem like the pressure has no effect on me, but damn, it's hard sometimes hahaha. The Olympics are no joke,” she wrote. Two hours before the team final, however, she posted a video clip on Instagram that showed her in her gymnastics dress in front of a mirror in the toilet.

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The mystery surrounding gymnastics superstar Simone Biles

Cheers among the Russian gymnasts, fears for US superstar Simone Biles: The team from Russia is team Olympic champion again for the first time in 29 years and also benefited from Biles' retirement.

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