Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles withdraws from final individual all-around competition – USA Gymnastics

TOKYO (Reuters) – Simone Biles, who shocked the world by pulling out of the team all-around competition in the Tokyo Olympics, has also withdrawn from the individual all-around competition, USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday.

Biles would be evaluated to see if she can take part in individual apparatus competitions still ahead, the statement said. Her place in the all-around would be taken by Jade Carey.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies; Editing by Stephen Coates)