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Simone Biles tweets support to Mikaela Shiffrin after she exits second Olympics event

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(NEW YORK) — Seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles, who suffered her own setbacks at last summer’s Tokyo Olympics, is showing support for U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who on Tuesday suffered her second early exit from a Beijing Olympics competition.

Biles tagged Shiffrin in a tweet Tuesday, posting her handle alongside three white hearts.

@MikaelaShiffrin

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) February 9, 2022

Biles, 24, went into the Tokyo Olympics with the pressure of being on track to win an unprecedented six gold medals, with the aim of becoming the first woman since 1968 to win back-to-back titles in the all-around

 

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