July 28 - Biles pulls out of Olympic event

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Simone Biles left the women’s gymnastics final on Tuesday.  Doug Mills/The New York Times

Biles pulls out of Olympic event

Simone Biles left the women’s gymnastics final at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday because she wasn’t in the right place mentally to compete, she said. It is not clear whether she will compete in her individual events.

- pull out (of something)

1.(역을) 떠나다[출발하다]

2.(사업 등에서) 손을 떼다 (=withdraw)

- gymnastics : 체조

As Team U.S.A.’s star, she was expected to bring home gold medals, and the weight of expectations loomed over her. On Tuesday, she said she began “fighting all of those demons,” and couldn’t hold them back.

- hold somebody/something back

1.~을 저지[제지]하다

2.(진전·발전을) 방해[저해]하다

“This Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself when I came in — and I felt like I was still doing it for other people,” Biles, 24, said. Here are the latest updates.

It was the biggest upset for the U.S. at the Tokyo Games. She had faltered on a vault and walked off the mat, all but ensuring Russia would take the gold.

- walk-off : 떠나감, (항의 표시로서의) 퇴장(walkout), 이별(의 정표)

Osaka exit: Hours earlier, another superstar athlete, Naomi Osaka, was upset in the third round of the women’s singles tennis tournament by a player with a far lower ranking. She also spoke of the pressures of the Olympic stage.