Simone Biles Admits Status For Remainder Of Tokyo Olympics In Question After Withdrawing Due To Mental Health

Simone Biles hasn’t looked quite the same at the Tokyo Olympics, and she’s admitting that it might have something to do with her mental health.

After a so-so qualifier, Biles struggled during her vault competition. After scoring her lowest score ever, Biles walked off with medical personnel.

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Biles had just cut off her vault, making 1-1/2 rotations rather than 2-1/2, and landed with a big step. Her score of 13.766 was the lowest on vault thus far. Something is amiss.

— Barry Svrluga (@barrysvrluga) July 27, 2021

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Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that Simone Biles had not been injured, but was just struggling through some mental health stuff.

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The @NBCOlympics broadcast just said Simone Biles withdrawing from the gymnastics team finals is NOT injury related, it's mental health.

— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) July 27, 2021

Simone Biles spoke with reporters briefly after her team finished without her, and ended up winning a silver medal during the event.

She admitted she was contemplating her status for the rest of the olympics following the disappointing start mixed with all the emotions she’s currently going through.

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* SIMONE BILES SAYS NOT INJURED "JUST A LITTLE INJURY TO MY PRIDE"

* SIMONE BILES: "AFTER THE PERFORMANCE I DID I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON"

* SIMONE BILES: "WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT THURSDAY"@reuters #Tokyo2020

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) July 27, 2021

Despite her initial comment, BBC is claiming that Simone Biles will be ready to go for Thursday’s competition.

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Simone Biles says she is "OK" and has been "dealing with things internally that will get fixed in the next few days."

When asked if she would be back on Thursday, she said "yes" 🙌https://t.co/1Blwgedmjf #bbcolympics #tokyo2020 #SimoneBiles https://t.co/fczwlPMhvu

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 27, 2021

Hopefully Simone Biles can work through whatever she may be going through at this time. I’m sure we’ll hear more soon.

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