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TOKYO — When Simone Biles withdrew last week from the women’s gymnastics team competition at the Olympics, most of the world reacted with shock. Jacoby Miles felt only relief.
She recognized the look in Biles’s eyes as she bailed on her vault, stopping earlier than she meant to and only barely landing safely.