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“I didn t want to do something silly out there and get injured,” said Simone Biles Thursday.
As Simone Biles stepped onto the floor in Tokyo Tuesday night she says she felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. And she said something felt off. As she performed the vault in team competition she modified her plan, simplifying it, from two and a half twists to one and a half. But she didn’t stick the landing. Moments later, she walked off the floor, then, withdrew from the team competition. Team USA took silver, falling to Russia. It s been really stressful this Olympic Games. I think just as a whole, not having an audience, there are a lot of different variables going into it, it s been a long week, it s been a long Olympic process, it s been a long year,” said Biles.