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Result: Tokyo 2020: ROC take women's team gold after Simone Biles withdraws

The ROC claim Olympic gold in the Women's Team Gymnastics event in Tokyo after USA star Simone Biles pulls out.

The ROC dethroned the USA as Women's Team Gymnastics champions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the 2016 winners lost star performer Simone Biles after just one rotation.

The quadruple-winning 2016 gymnast completed a 1.5 twisting Yurchenko vault rather than the more difficult 2.5 she was down to perform and landed in a deep squat before leaving the arena with her trainer.

Biles returned to her team but was soon confirmed to be pulling out of the competition, with USA Gymnastics revealing that a "medical issue" prevented her from taking any further part.

It was Biles's replacement - Jordan Chiles - whose fall on floor during a forwards tumble saw the USA fall further behind in the battle with ROC, who took gold for the first time as an independent nation with a total score of 169.528, following in the footsteps of the men's team.

The USA would finish over three marks behind with a total of 166.096, and Great Britain would sneak in a first bronze medal since 1928 with a magnificent team performance, posting a score of 164.096.

Stellar bar work from the British contingent in the final rotation saw them pip Italy - who seemed destined to claim a medal - to a podium finish, with Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan, Jessica Gadirova and Jennifer Gadirova producing the goods for GB.

Japan and France could only be separated by 0.016 in fifth and sixth respectively, while 2008 champions China could only muster a seventh-placed finish as Belgium's 159.695 saw them finish eighth in an action-packed competition.

The gymnastics continues on Wednesday with the men's all-around individual final, while the women will take to the arena in the same competition on Thursday.


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Olympic medal table header
CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
United StatesUnited States95822
ChinaChina95721
JapanJapan93517
Olympics flagOlympic Athletes from Russia57416
Great BritainGreat Britain45110
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Tuesday's key events


TRIATHLON
· Team GB trio Vicky Holland, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Jess Learmonth all have realistic medal hopes in the women's event (10.30pm-1am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· After an impressive opening day, Great Britain play their final group game against a Fiji side level with them at the top of the pool, but also yet to hit their brilliant best (1.30am)

TAEKWONDO
· After disappointment for friend and housemate Jade Jones, Bianca Walkden will go for gold in the women's +67kg category (2am-2.30pm)
· Mahama Cho is another medal contender for Team GB in the men's +80kg class (2am-2.30pm)

SWIMMING
· Team GB's Duncan Scott has the chance to claim his first individual Olympic medal in the men's 200m freestyle final. Teammate Tom Dean is also involved. (2.43am)
· Kathleen Dawson is the Team GB representative in the women's 100m backstroke final (2.51am)

DIVING
· Eden Cheng and Lois Toulson will look to emulate Tom Daley and Matty Lee's success in the women's 10m synchro final (7am-8am)

EQUESTRIAN
· Three-time Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin is part of a Team GB team going for gold in the dressage team Grand Prix final (9.30am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· Superstar Simone Biles leads the United States side in the women's team final (11.45am-2.10pm)

FOOTBALL
· Team GB's women's team play their final group game, taking on Canada with qualification for the knockout rounds already secured (12pm)

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