Gymnast Simone Biles will not be competing in the floor exercise event final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This comes after she pulled out of the finals for the vault and uneven bars. USA Gymnastics announced that Biles has withdrawn from the most recent of the competitions on Saturday night, and she will make a decision on Tuesday’s balance beam final later in the week.
Here is USA Gymnastics’ statement on Biles’ decision to pull out of the first of the three event finals.
After further consultation with medical staff, Simone Biles has decided to withdraw from the event finals for vault and the uneven bars. She will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether to compete in the finals for floor exercise and balance beam.
All of this comes after Biles withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team final event last week and followed that up by withdrawing from the individual all-around competition earlier this week. She was replaced by U.S. gymnastics teammate Jade Carey, who finished eighth.
During the team final, Biles did begin by participating in the vault, which is traditionally her best event. Biles ended up making one attempt in the vault, but earned an uncharacteristic 13.766 after being unable to cleanly stick her landing.
