Simone Biles Is Returning To Competition In Tokyo

TOKYO (WJZ) — The 2016 Olympic champion volition vie successful the equilibrium beam finals connected Tuesday, a small implicit a week aft stepping distant from the conscionable to absorption connected her intelligence health.

“We are truthful excited to corroborate that you volition spot 2 U.S. athletes successful the equilibrium beam last time — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can’t hold to ticker you both!” USA Gymnastics said successful a statement.

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The 24-year-old Biles won bronze connected beam successful Rio de Janeiro 5 years agone and qualified for the eight-woman last astatine the Ariake Gymnastics Centre connected the archetypal play of the Games.

She removed herself from the squad last connected July 27 aft a shaky show connected vault during the archetypal rotation.

She watched from the sidelines arsenic her 3 American teammates completed the conscionable without her; the U.S. took metallic down the squad known arsenic the Russian Olympic Committee.

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Biles aboriginal said she was dealing with issues surrounding aerial awareness, referred to arsenic “the twisties” successful her sport.

Biles qualified for each 5 idiosyncratic lawsuit finals but took herself retired of 4 of them: the all-around, vault, level workout and uneven bars.

Lee earned the golden successful the all-around, becoming the 5th consecutive American to assertion the sport’s marquee title.

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