Gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles has pulled out of the team finals following an apparent ‘mental issue’, as per Sky Sports.
With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, it’s safe to say that Biles is the most dominant gymnast ever to have lived.
She was expected to clear up at Tokyo 2020, too, with her first shot at winning gold in the team finals. Though, not all has gone to plan for the 24-year-old.
As is written by Sky Sports, Biles withdrew through injury after the first rotation of the finals. The American initially disappeared before re-emerging with strapping on her leg.
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It remains to be seen whether there has been any considerable physical damage done, the kind of which could end her Tokyo 2020 prematurely, and without a medal.
There could, perhaps, be no actual physical damage, though. Her coach has suggested that it could be a mental problem, which too would threaten scuppering her games…
A Team USA coach said that Simone Biles’ exit from the gymnastics team event “is not injury related.” Coach said it is a “mental issue she is having,” per NBC broadcast.
— Al Butler (@ALaboutSports) July 27, 2021