US star Simone Biles exits; ROC wins women’s gymnastics

TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo arsenic the prima of the U.S. Olympic question and possibly the games themselves.

It each came to a stunning halt successful the women’s gymnastics last connected Tuesday night. A wonky vault to commencement the contention near her huddling with the U.S. squad doc earlier heading backstage for a fewer moments.

When she re-emerged, she hugged her teammates, took disconnected her barroom grips and enactment connected a sweatsuit portion dealing with what USA Gymnastics described arsenic a “medical issue.”

Her time was over. A abbreviated clip later, contempt a valiant effort from Grace McCallum, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles, truthful was the U.S.’s agelong tally atop the sport.

The squad representing the Russian Olympic Committee surged past the U.S. to gold, posting a people of 169.528 to seizure the country’s archetypal Olympic rubric since Barcelona successful 1992.

The Americans drew wrong eight-tenths of a constituent done 3 rotations adjacent with Biles serving arsenic caput cheerleader. ROC, however, ne'er wavered connected floor. And they erupted erstwhile 21-year-old Angelina Melnikova’s level workout people assured them of the apical spot connected the podium.

The triumph came a time aft ROC men’s squad edged Japan for the apical spot successful the men’s final.

Great Britain edged Italy for bronze.

The Russian athletes collapsed successful joyousness aft Angelina Melnikova’s level regular people assured them of the apical spot.

The Americans hung successful determination for metallic adjacent without Biles.