Olympics: USA gymnast Simone Biles pulls out of Monday's floor exercise final

Star American gymnast Simone Biles on Sunday pulled out of the floor exercise final scheduled for Monday after having opted out of the vault and uneven bars finals in artistic gymnastics a day earlierUSA Gymnastics tweeted early on Sunday that Simone has withdrawn from the event final for floor and will make a decision on beam later this week Either way were all behind you SimoneThe 24yearolds Instagram stories had suggested on Friday that she is still not ready to compete as she is dealing with the twistiesTwisties are defined as a sudden inability to feel comfortable while twisting in midair It means that the rhythm is off and the gymnasts mind wont allow the body to complete a particular trickOn Saturday after Simone had pulled out of the vault and uneven bars finals USA Gymnastics had said in a statement that After further consultation with medical staff Simone Biles has decided to withdraw from the event finals for vault and the uneven bars She will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether to compete in the finals for floor exercise and balance beam We remain in awe of Simone who continues to handle this situation with courage and grace and all of the athletes who have stepped up during these unexpected circumstancesAlso Read Seema Punia Sreeshankar failFor Sundays vault final Simone has been replaced by her teammate MyKayla Skinner MyKayla was fourth in qualifying for the vault But with Simone and Jade Carey ahead of her in scores and a twogymnastsperfinal rule meant that she missed out on the finalWith Simones withdrawal MyKayla gets a chance to end her gymnastics career on a high on Sunday Looks like I get to put a competition Leo on just one more time Cant wait to compete in vault finals Doing this for us Simone_Biles red heart emoji Its go time baby wrote an excited 24yearold on TwitterSimones spot in the uneven bars final has been filled by the first reserve Melanie de Jesus dos Santos of FranceProjected as the biggest star of the Tokyo Olympics Simone was tipped to be at her best after winning four gold medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics But the sixtime Olympic medallist sat out from the final of the team event on Tuesday and the individual allaround final on Thursday due to mental health concernsAlso Read India eyes semis berthThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever