Simone Biles, the American gymnastics star, has pulled out of the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics, according to Carol Fabrizio, a U.S.A. Gymnastics spokeswoman.
Biles, considered the greatest gymnast in history, left the competition floor on Tuesday after performing on the first apparatus of the night, the vault. She had bailed out of the vault she had planned to do — a Yurchenko with 2½ twists, watering it down to 1½ twists. She stumbled out of the landing.
Afterward, she left the competition floor with a team trainer, as her coach, Cecile Landi, gathered the team and walked them to the next apparatus.