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Simone Biles, USA Gymnastics Team Won't Stay at Tokyo Olympic Village Due to COVID-19

The United States women's gymnastics team won't be staying at the Olympic Village as a precaution against COVID-19.

Cecile Landi, Simone Biles' and Jordan Chiles' personal coach, tweeted the team decided together to stay at a nearby hotel in Tokyo because they feel like they "can control the athletes and our safety better in a hotel setting!"

Per Corky Siemaszko of NBC News, USA Gymnastics announced Tuesday that the plan has always been for the team to stay at a hotel instead of the Olympic Village.

“Tokyo 2020 is not in a position to comment on individual team’ performance decisions,” the Olympic organizing committee told NBC News about the decision by Team USA.