Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Thursday’s individual all-around final has opened a spot in the competition for her teammate Jade Carey, who would have qualified for the event if not for a rule that allows only two gymnasts from any country to compete in it.
Carey, who finished ninth in the all-around during qualifying and third-best among the Americans, will take Biles’s place, joining Sunisa Lee. It is not clear whether Biles will withdraw from any of the individual apparatus finals.
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