The US gymnastics team got shocking news because the women’s Olympic team finals started in Tokyo on Wednesday, and so did the world. American gymnast Simone Byers is widely regarded as the best athlete on the planet, and he withdrew from the finals. She mentioned mental health issues, but did not elaborate.
The U.S. team composed of Sunie Lee, Jordan Chilis and Grace McCallum circled the carriage and won the silver medal for the U.S. team, which was nearly three points behind the gold medal-winning Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team. Half.
Simone Biles and ROC are the headlines all over the world.Even at the press conference after the incident, the Russians seemed to be annoyed by the American journalist’s question about Byers’ absence during the important summer event in Tokyo in 2020. Olympic Games.
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Due to the doping scandal, the Russians were unable to compete under the banner of their home country because all major international sports events were banned for four years. A selected group of compatriots were selected to participate in the competition under the nickname of the Republic of China and the Olympic flag.
Russian gymnasts dismissed the possibility of losing to the Americans in the Olympic finals because their top stars had left.
“We did not pay attention to this. She is alone and may make mistakes or get injured. We only consider our performance,” said Russian gymnast Victoria Listunova, according to the championship website.
Byers congratulated the ROC team on their victory. According to reports, the Russian asked her why she suddenly withdrew.
“She replied:’Nothing.’ It’s like it’s okay,” Angelina Melnikova.
Known as GOAT (the greatest ever) in the American gymnastics world, Byers won the last three world championships and five medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. She is a far cry from the former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who won 18 professional medals in three Olympics before becoming the country’s national coach.
Latynina said that regardless of whether the United States has Simone Biles or not, the Republic of China will win the Tokyo team finals.
“The drama of rhythmic gymnastics! The Russians fell twice to win the gold medal! … They flinched, but did not fall,” Latina said. “Even if Byers participates in the competition, we will win.”
Byers did not make it clear that she will return to individual events, but did say that she will be ready on Thursday.
The Republic of China won the team championship with 169.528 points, far ahead of the United States (166.096) and the United Kingdom (164.096).
This is the first time a Russian gymnast has won the gold medal podium since participating in the Barcelona Summer Olympics as a unified team in 1992.
