Tokyo (AFP)

American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has withdrawn from the floor event of the 2020 Olympic Games scheduled for Monday and has only one chance left to compete in Tokyo on the beam on Tuesday.

Biles, five medals in Rio so four in gold, has already given up four finals: the most prestigious, that of the all-around, the jump, the uneven bars and now the ground where she generally dominates all the other competitors.

"Simone is retiring from the floor final and will make her decision for the beam later this week," the American Gymnastics Federation said on Twitter as Simone Biles quit the competition to preserve her mental and physical health since the competition in teams.

At 24, for her second Olympic Games, she is in the grip of a drop in self-confidence, parasitized by the pressure and a problem of "loss of face", or loss of reference in space, which puts this physical danger in danger. gymnast with exceptional acrobatics.

She regularly publishes her moods on her Instagram stories: "I have the right to have limits and not to feel bad (to have them, editor's note)", we can read in the caption of a drawing published a few hours ago.

Two days ago, she posted a video showing her falling during uneven bars and explaining what the phenomenon of "twisties" consists of, which makes her lose her ability to find her bearings in space and can lead to an accident.

After having had a problem with the vault during the qualifying by teams, which led her to give up during the competition, she had expressed with great frankness the need to "face her demons" and to preserve her health. mental after having had a lot of pressure to succeed in recent weeks.

It is increasingly difficult to imagine him returning to competition, even though his medical condition is assessed daily.

Biles was for months presented as "THE" star of these Olympics, with great hits on magazine covers and TV spots.

Everyone saw her breaking records, and yet it could be that she leaves Japan with only one medal, that of the silver of the all-around team where she made only one jump.

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