Simone Biles to take ‘a day at a time’ before further Tokyo participation

• US star withdrew from team event citing mental health concerns
• Gymnast keen to ensure teammates get credit for silver medal

Simone Biles will not make any immediate decisions about any further participation in these Olympics after she withdrew from the women’s team final mid-competition at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, citing mental health concerns.

“We’re going to see about Thursday, we’ll take it a day at a time,” said Biles of her prospects of lining up in the individual all-around final. “I know tomorrow [Wednesday] we have a bit of a break from training so that’ll be really nice, to have a mental rest day.”

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