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Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault.

The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time, huddled with a trainer after landing her vault. She then exited the competition floor with the team doctor.

Biles returned several minutes later with her right leg wrapped. She took off her bar grips, hugged teammates Grace McCallum, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles before putting on a jacket and sweatpants.

The Americans will be forced to finish the rest of the competition without her, severely hampering their bid to claim a third straight Olympic title.

Biles arrived in Tokyo as the unquestioned star of the Games but struggled, at least by her high standards, during qualifying.

Update: Gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from the U.S. women's Olympic team final due to a "medical issue," USA Gymnastics announced on Tuesday. NBC reported that Biles's coach said her withdrawal was due to mental health and not a physical injury, according to The Athletic.

With superstar Simone Biles on the sidelines, the U.S. women's gymnastics team settled for silver in the team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday while the Russian Olympic Committee won the team gold.

A Team USA coach said that Simone Biles' exit from the gymnastics team event "is not injury related." Coach said it is a "mental issue she is having," per NBC broadcast.

After the meet, Biles she is OK but "dealing with some things internally that will get fixed in the next few days," according to the BBC. She also said that she would be competing in the women's all-around final.

Biles withdraws from individual all-around final

Defending Olympic champion Simone Biles will not compete in Thursday's individual all-around competition "in order to focus on her mental health."