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Olympics Update: Simone Biles Pulled Out Of Gymnastics Team Final Tuesday, U.S. Takes Silver

Published July 27, 2021 at 11:20 AM CDT

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles left the women’s team competition on Tuesday after faltering on the vault. USA Gymnastics said it’s due to a medical issue.

Host Celeste Headlee gets an update from Tokyo from NPR correspondent Leila Fadel.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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