Simone suffered a dramatic upset at the team final in Tokyo on Tuesday when she suddenly withdrew from the competition after flubbing her vault - with the 24-year-old later citing her mental health struggles as the reason for her shock exit, while insisting 'there is more to life than just gymnastics'. Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has spoken out to praise the 'bravery' of her Olympic teammates and thank them for 'stepping up when she couldn't' after she made the shock decision to withdraw from the team final following an upset on her first event to 'focus on her mental health'. Find out the latest Tokyo Olympic news including schedule, medal table and results right hereīy Charlie Lankston For and Shekhar Bhatia In Tokyo, Japan, For Mailonline.Following the end of the team final, Simone took to Instagram to praise her teammates for 'fighting through adversity' and 'stepping up when she couldn't' however she did not address her Olympic future.

The next event that she is scheduled to take part in is the women's all-around final on Thursday, for which she qualified in the top spot, where she would be defending her Olympic title.It remains unclear whether Simone will go on to compete in any of the individual event finals, having qualified for all five, and she admitted that she needs to take things 'day by day' before confirming her participation.Simone also insisted that she withdrew from the team final so as not to cost her teammates their shot at winning a medal, noting that she was not in the right 'headspace' to perform to the best of her ability.Naomi crashed out of the Olympics in the third round just hours before Simone quit the team final.Her comments closely echoed those made by Naomi Osaka when she quit the French Open earlier this year, citing her own mental health struggles, following uproar over her refusal to do any press at the tournament.Speaking about her shock decision to pull out of the final, Simone, 24, cited her mental health struggles, insisting that she needed to 'focus on her wellbeing' while noting that there is 'more to life' than sport.Her exit from the team final all but cleared the way for the athletes from the Russian Olympic Committee to claim gold - leaving Team USA with just three first-time Olympians to compete in the remaining three events.Simone, who was expected to lead the US to gold in the team final, pulled out of the competition after the first event, following a shock error on vault.and inspired by their determination to not give up': Simone Biles praises her 'brave' Olympic teammates for 'stepping up when I couldn't' after she pulled out of team final in shock decision to 'focus on her mental health'

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