BREAKING: Simone Biles has also withdrawn from the individual all-around competition at the Olympic games in Toyko to focus on her mental health. In what was seen as one of the biggest shocks of the Olympic Games so far, Team USA’s Simone Biles decided to pull out of the gymnastics team final after an uncharacteristic error during the vault.
The moment she shared the news with her teammates has been caught on camera, and she can be seen telling them to ‘go and kick a**’ without her.
When she stepped away from the arena with her coach and a member of the medical staff, it was wondered if she had sustained an injury but in fact, she had decided to put her mental health ahead of the sport.
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