By Joshua Berlinger, Brett McKeehan, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Melissa Mahtani and Veronica Rocha, CNN
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) edged out Team USA to win a dramatic women’s team gymnastics gold medal on Tuesday, with a score of 169.528.
After four rotations, the ROC ended with a total score of 169.528 points, and defending champions Team USA settled for silver with 166.096.
This came after superstar Simone Biles withdrew from the event.
ROC's Vladislava Urazova, Viktoria Listunova, Angelina Melnikova and Lilia Akhaimova together add to the men's team's gold medal on Monday.
From CNN's George Ramsay at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre
The US team look in good spirits after the third rotation – and with good reason.
Jordan Chiles, who has stepped in for Simone Biles, got high-fives and hugs from her teammates as she completed her beam routine. USA has closed the gap on the Russian Olympic Committee to 0.800, trailing 128.030 to 127.230.
Biles is a lively presence on the sidelines, jumping up and down in support of her teammates.
Jordan Chiles is competing in the Olympics women's team gymnastics event after Simone Biles withdrew.
The 20-year-old took up gymnastics at the age of seven.
"My parents could not keep me from cartwheeling down the aisle of any open space or walking on my hands instead of my feet. People kept asking if I was in gymnastics. I had a lot of energy so they put me in gym. When I watched the 2008 Olympics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympian. But I didn't really understand the concept of how to do that," she said, according to the her athlete information page on the Tokyo Olympics website, which adds that her ambition is to win gold at the Olympic Games and the world championships.
Chiles underwent left wrist surgery to repair torn cartilage in August 2019 and she dislocated her toe in early 2019.
Her heroes are US gymnasts Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber, according to her athlete page.
Simone Biles will be assessed daily to get medical clearance for future competitions, USA Gymnastics said in a tweet after Biles withdrew from the women's team gymnastics event.
USA Gymnastics confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that Biles’ withdrawal from the gymnastics team event competition was due to a “medical issue.”
From CNN's George Ramsay at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre
Since being attended to by a trainer, Simone Biles has returned to the arena and has been supporting her teammates from the sidelines — chatting with them and cheering after each routine.
Sunisa Lee got a big hug from Biles and the rest of the team as she completed her beam routine and scored 14.133.
We're now on the third rotation of this women's team final and USA trails the Russian Olympic Committee.
US gymnast Simone Biles withdrawing from the Olympic women’s gymnastics team event is like the "worst nightmare coming to pass here," CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan says.
"Simone, on the first event of the first rotation of the team competition tonight, about a half hour ago, she bailed out of her vault," Brennan explained.
Biles withdrew from the women's team final after she left the field to be attended to by the trainer. She came back with a heavily strapped foot, but did not warm up for uneven bars — USA's second apparatus.
It is unclear if Biles is injured and what her possible injury could be, Brennan added.
Meanwhile, the competition goes on and Jordan Chiles is competing instead of Biles.
It is yet to be determined "whether or not Simone Biles can continue in the Olympic Games. I cannot believe I just said that sentence," Brennan said.
Biles is "by far the biggest name worldwide, not just in the United States," she said, adding that the news of her withdrawal is huge and stunning.
"Incredibly sad news for the millions of Simone Biles fans, and of course for Simone herself" as she's trying to win gold medals for herself individually and for Team USA as well, Brennan added.
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Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women’s gymnastics team event, USOPC has confirmed to CNN.
She withdrew from the women's team final after she left the field to be attended to by the trainer. She came back with a heavily strapped foot, but did not warm up for uneven bars — USA's second apparatus.
Instead, Jordan Chiles is warming up.
A CNN team in attendance at the event saw Biles sitting on the sidelines in a tracksuit with her foot in strapping.
Biles was looking to add to her haul of four gold medals won at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Olympic women's artistic gymnastics event is one of the busiest events so far, with the seated press gallery very full, according to CNN's George Ramsay.
There also seems to be a few non-competing athletes in the stands, as has been the case at other events, he adds.
This is the "most charged atmosphere I’ve seen at this Olympics so far," CNN's Amy Jordan reports. "Press area is full. It feels like a more normal event."
Team USA trails ROC after the first rotation.
The Olympic women's gymnastics are underway, with Simone Biles and the American athletes looking to defend their crown at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo.
