{"id":1632,"date":"2021-07-27T08:07:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2021-07-27T08:17:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T12:17:36","slug":"simone-biles-out-of-olympic-competition-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/simone-biles-out-of-olympic-competition-due-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles out of Olympic competition finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Simone Biles is perhaps the greatest U.S. gymnast of all time. She is out of the competition due to a possible unknown injury. Jordan Chiles will take her place as the backup. Biles performed her Olympic routine. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CRxsq_kBZrP\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Simone Biles (@simonebiles)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Simone is 24 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simone Biles was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio. She has a twin sister named Adria and also has two other siblings.&nbsp; Biles started doing gymnastics at the age of four years old and quickly found success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has a very competitive personality which is evident in her approach to training for competitions. She trains six days per week in addition to two-a-day workouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/BilesT2021.png\" alt=\"Simone Biles looking down at balance beam\" class=\"wp-image-1631\" width=\"552\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/BilesT2021.png 700w, https:\/\/news.ftcpublications.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/BilesT2021-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption>Simone Biles &#8211; Tokyo 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles is perhaps the greatest U.S. gymnast of all time. She is out of the competition due to a possible unknown injury. Jordan Chiles will take her place as the backup. Biles performed her Olympic routine. 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