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Simon Biles of the United States, the 'Queen of Gymnastics', who was attracting attention as the top star of the Tokyo Olympics, suddenly withdrew during the match. You seem to be under a lot of pressure.
This is reporter Jeong Hye-kyung.
<Reporter>
Simon Biles surprised everyone by making a decisive mistake in the team vaulting event yesterday (27th).
[NBC American Broadcaster: It's shocking. I've never seen a scene like this with Biles.]
Then, after telling a colleague that I couldn't trust him, he abruptly withdrew.
[Simon Biles/USA National Gymnastics Team: I'm sorry and I love you. You will do well.]
Biles, who rose as a global star by winning 4 gold medals at the last Rio Olympics, has been receiving high expectations for the first 6 gold medals in gymnastics history ahead of this competition.
He has also been involved in the human rights movement of athletes, such as exposing the sexual assault of a gymnast coach.
On the 25th, via SNS, Biles, who expressed his pressure, saying, "I feel like I am carrying the burden of the whole world on my shoulders," eventually withdrew from the group match and the individual all-around scheduled for tomorrow.
He said that mental health comes first.
[Simon Biles/USA National Gymnastics Team: I think mental health comes first. Because if you don't, you won't be able to enjoy the game and it will be difficult to achieve the desired results.]
Celebrities such as 'swim king' Michael Phelps and Michelle Obama, as well as the US media, are delivering messages of encouragement to the news of Biles' resignation, which has been under pressure.
(Video coverage: Kim Seong-il, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)