Simone Biles says she still randomly starts sobbing about her Tokyo Olympics saga, which saw her withdraw from multiple events due to a mental issue known as the “twisties.”
Speaking to The Cut, the most decorated gymnast of all time said she will sometimes burst into tears when she’s at home and thinks of her fraught experience in Japan this summer.
“You know, there have been highs, there have been lows.
“Sometimes it’s like, yeah, I’m perfectly okay with it. Like, that’s how it works. That’s how it panned out and then other times I’ll just start bawling in the house.”The “twisties” impacts many gymnasts. The affliction makes it nigh on impossible for gymnasts to know exactly where they are in the air when completing aerial moves. It can be extremely dangerous.
“My perspective has never changed so quickly from wanting to be on a podium to wanting to be able to go home, by myself, without any crutches,” she said.
“If I still had my air awareness, and I just was having a bad day, I would have continued but it was more than that,” Biles added of her Olympic woes.
