Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual Vault and Uneven Bars Event Finals at the Tokyo Olympics Amid Mental Health Concerns

A tough decision. Simone Biles will not compete in another event at the Tokyo Olympics as she battles the dangerous twisties.

UPDATED, 8:16 PM: Elite gymnast Simone Biles has pulled out another Olympic event: the individual floor exercise, scheduled for Monday. Whether she’ll compete in the balance beam event taking place Tuesday remains to be determined.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from two more events at the Tokyo Olympics.The 24-year-old gymnast will no longer be competing in the vault and uneven bars for the individual finals at Sunday’s 2021 Olympics.«Today, after further consultation with medical staff, Simone Biles has decided to withdraw from the event finals for vault and the uneven bars,» USA Gymnastics said in a statement.

Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from two more event finals at the Tokyo Olympics. USA Gymnastics announced that the athlete, 24, will not compete in the vault and uneven bar finals this Sunday following her withdrawal from the team finals and individual all-around finals this week, in which she cited mental health concerns. She will be replaced by MyKayla Skinner.

The world’s greatest gymnast, Simone Biles, has bowed out of scheduled Olympic events for the third time this week. On Tuesday, she removed herself from women’s team competition. On Thursday, Biles said she would not participate in the individual all-around final.

Simone Biles doesn’t owe anyone an explanation — but she’s giving us one anyway.

Simone Biles has been keeping relatively quiet about her shocking Olympic withdrawal, but what minimal social media activity she has engaged in has spoken volumes.

Protecting her peace. Simone Biles subtly took aim at those who’ve criticized her for exiting the Tokyo Olympics as USA Gymnastics confirmed she won’t be competing in the upcoming individual all-around meet.

Prioritizing her mental health. Simone Biles has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics final individual all-around.

Simone Biles after she decided to pull out of an event, citing mental health concerns. Simone Biles pulled out of Tuesday’s women’s team final after a mistake on vault (Martin Rickett/PA)Observers inside Tokyo’s Ariake Gymnastics Centre and around the world were left stunned on Tuesday (27 July) when the four-time Olympic gold medalist was pulled out of action after misjudging her vault in the first rotation.

Piers Morgan has attracted another storm of criticism after lashing out against yet another high-profile woman of colour. This time, it’s after he said it was a “joke” that decorated US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from Tuesday’s women’s team final for mental health reasons.

Decorated U.S. gymnast Simone Biles will not participate in her next Olympic event, the individual all-around final on Thursday (July 28), USA Gymnastics has confirmed.

withdrawing from the gymnastics team competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, Simone Biles will also miss her chance to defend another one of her gold medals on Thursday, as it was announced late Wednesday that she will be withdrawing from the individual all-around competition. NBC's Mike Tirico made the announcement during the re-airing of the team competition, sharing the message from USA Gymnastics that, «After further medical evaluation, to focus on her mental health, it has been

Michael Phelps is standing by Simone Biles.

Sasha Farber is showing his support for his former partner, Simone Biles.ET exclusively spoke with the 37-year-old professional dancer on Tuesday, just hours after news broke that Biles withdrew from the team gymnastics competition at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The two previously competed together on season 24 of, and Farber helped Biles choreograph her Olympic floor routine.«I feel so much love for her.

Simone Biles, Grace McCallum, Sunisa Lee, and Jordan Chiles competed on July 27, starting their routines on vault. Unfortunately, Biles considered the greatest gymnast of all time, withdraw from the competition after her vault due to an unknown medical issue.

Simone Biles' shocking withdrawal from the team gymnastics competition at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, her fellow athletes and famous fans are sending messages of support.The defending gold medalist in vault, floor exercise, all-around and the team competition, Biles left the competition floor with the Team USA medical trainer after her first rotation on the vault.

Aly Raisman is reacting to her former teammate Simone Biles pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics.