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🔴Simone Biles news LIVE: USA star returns to women’s gymnastics for balance beam final at Tokyo 2020

- Biles returns on Tuesday morning to compete on the apparatus she won a bronze medal on in Rio five years ago.

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🔴 “It’s honestly petrifying trying to do a skill but not having your mind & body in sync,” Biles wrote in an Instagram story last week

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🔴What time is US star competing in balance beam for Tokyo gymnastics final?

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🔴Simone Biles waves to the arena as she is introduced at the start of the women’s balance beam final

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🔴How wide is the balance beam in gymnastics at the Tokyo Olympics?

- The beam is 1.25 metres off the ground and five metres long but is just 10 centimetres wide.

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🔴 A truly beautiful performance from Simone as she finishes with a smile.

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🔴 Simone Biles wins bronze in balance beam final!

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🔴Watch Simone's stunning performance here:

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