Simone Biles exits Olympic gymnastics team competition in Tokyo| OlympicsOctober 13, 2019 Simone Biles of the U.S. celebrates with her five gold medals, breaking the World Championships medals record REUTERSSimone Biles' bid to launch a history-making goldrush at the Tokyo Olympics fell apart after a single vault on Tuesday when the gymnast superstar pulled out of the team event, and her American team mates were beaten to the title by the Russians. America's silver team medal means Biles can no longer win six golds here which, added to her haul of four from Rio, would have confirmed her status as the greatest gymnast of all time. USA Gymnastics said Biles had withdrawn because of a "medical issue", and would be assessed daily. Russian great Larisa Latynina won nine gymnastic Olympic golds in the 1950s and '60s. If Biles does win five here she would join four athletes on nine -- Latynina, swimmer Mark Spitz and track and field athletes Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis.

Source: Standard Digital July 27, 2021 14:03 UTC