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Rocknation

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4. Biles withdrew due to a medical issue, all right -- the possibility of her repeating her success

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:49 PM

Jul 2021

made the Japanese OIC sick.

If she hadn't withdrawn, I'm willing to bet the judges would have been pressured into shaving the US team's scores by enough to knock them off the podium altogether.

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Simone Biles cites emotional toll of Olympics after pulling out of team gymnastic finals [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP

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Some of the skills Biles does are such that if one is not. . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2021 #3

Biles withdrew due to a medical issue, all right -- the possibility of her repeating her success Rocknation Jul 2021 #4