The Russian Olympic Committee is taking home a gold medal in women’s gymnastics after U.S. star gymnast Simone Biles pulled out of the team finals on Tuesday due to a medical issue.
State of play: The Russian gymnasts finished with a total score of 169.528, ahead of the U.S. in second place at 166.096. The gold medal won Tuesday is the first for the Russian team since the Unified Team won in Barcelona in 1992, AP notes.
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The Russian Olympic Committee are now up by eight-tenths of a point as both teams head to floor exercise.
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The last time Team USA lost a team final in the Olympics or world championships was in to 2010, to Russia, the New York Times notes.
Driving the news: Biles left the competition area Tuesday with a medical examiner after one rotation on the vault in which she faltered badly. She was replaced by Jordan Chiles and has returned to the floor to cheer on her teammates.
Worth noting: Russian athletes are competing under the Olympic flag and not their own due to a doping ban.
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