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Main highlights of Day 4 at #Tokyo2020
πŸ… Osaka crashes out of tennis competition
πŸ… Ferreira and Moore win inaugural surfing golds
πŸ… Triathlete Duffy scoops famous gold for Bermuda
πŸ… McKeown upstages Smith in women's 100m backstroke
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#BREAKING Simone Biles out of US team during Olympic final
#UPDATE Biles, the four-time gold medallist at the 2016 Rio Games, produced a lacklustre opening vault and then briefly left the competition floor, before she was replaced in the three concluding routines on the uneven bars, beam, and floor
#BREAKING Biles out of gymnastics team final with 'medical issue', will be assessed daily: USAG #Tokyo2020
#UPDATE Simone Biles' participation in the rest of the Tokyo Olympics was plunged into uncertainty on Tuesday after she was dramatically withdrawn from the team final with a "medical issue" u.afp.com/UaCB #AFPSports #Tokyo2020
#BREAKING Russian women win Olympics gymnastics team final after Biles exit #Tokyo2020
#UPDATE Russia's women's gymnastics team capitalised on the dramatic departure of Simone #Biles from the US team to beat the champions from the last two Games to the #Olympic title on Tuesday u.afp.com/UayW #AFPSports #Tokyo2020 #ROC
#UPDATE Isabell Werth (pic, R) became the first rider to win seven equestrian #Olympic gold medals on Tuesday when Germany took the team #dressage title in Tokyo u.afp.com/UayD #AFPSports #Tokyo2020
#BREAKING US gymnast Biles says 'mental health' concerns led to Olympic team final withdrawal #Tokyo2020
#UPDATE US gymnastics superstar Simone #Biles said "mental health" concerns had led to her withdrawal from the women's team final at the Tokyo #Olympics on Tuesday: "I just don't trust myself as much as I used to" u.afp.com/Uatk #AFPSports #Tokyo2020

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