Simone Biles is doing mental gymnastics.
As the 11-time Olympic medalist continues to contemplate her return to the mats at the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles games, she emphasized her mental health takes precedence over competition.
While she admitted she is “going to have to make these decisions pretty quickly,” Biles told CNN in an interview published on April 29, “Mental health plays a big role in it because, physically, my coaches will get me in shape.”
Although she can make winning look effortless, snagging three gold medals and one silver at the Paris Olympics in 2024, the gymnast has also been open about the dreaded “twisties”—a mental block that causes an athlete to lose spatial awareness in the air—inhibiting her performance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
“I feel like it showed the realness to me because everyone thought I was a robot, she’s not real,” the 29-year-old continued, “but it’s like, down to the core, I’m just like you guys. I’m real.”
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