BREAKING: American gymnast Simone Biles has pulled out of the floor exercise, USA Gymnastics says. The only competition she has not yet pulled out of is the balance beam.
Biles dropped out of the finals for the uneven bars and the vault, but is leaving the door open for the floor exercise and balance beam.of the floor exercise, USA Gymnastics said on Saturday night.
She was the 2016 gold medalist in floor exercise, but her routine includes flips no one besides her has ever even attempted before in competition, a problem considering she's battling issues with determining her orientation in the air.
The four-time Olympic gold medalist and 19-time world championships gold medalist pulled out of the individual all-around competition on Thursday.new Olympic individual all-around gold medalistOnly two athletes from each country can compete in an individual apparatus final, regardless of whether they finish in the top eight, so Skinner was the unlucky loser despite her fourth-best vault in qualifications. But with Biles' withdrawal, she will now get to compete for a medal on vault.
"Looks like I get to put a competition Leo on just one more time," Skinner tweeted Friday night."Can’t wait to compete in vault finals. Doing this for us @Simone_Biles. It’s go time baby!"
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