{"id":17995,"date":"2024-08-08T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=17995"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:52:46","slug":"simone-biles-tells-cnn-competing-in-paris-meant-the-world-after-struggles-at-tokyo-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2024\/08\/08\/simone-biles-tells-cnn-competing-in-paris-meant-the-world-after-struggles-at-tokyo-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Tells CNN Competing In Paris \u201cMeant The World\u201d After Struggles At Tokyo 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gymnastics phenom Simone Biles<\/strong> put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Tokyo 2020, Biles started suffering from the ‘twisties,’ a mysterious phenomenon that suddenly means a gymnast is no longer able to do a twisting skill she’s done thousands of times before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biles said that made her participation and performances in Paris all the sweeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was important to me because nobody forced me to be out there on that stage,” she told CNN’s Coy Wire <\/strong>in Paris today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biles says she “dealt” with the twisties in therapy, something she has spoken about on a number of occasions since Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite overcoming them, she admits that doubts sometimes still begin to creep in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Obviously, you always have those thoughts coming into the back of your head, but just trying to stay as positive as possible, going back to what I know, thinking about my therapy tactics \u2013 and it worked,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wire also playfully asked the 11-time Olympic medalist what her “spirit animal” would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think mine would actually be a honey badger. A honey badger in the gym, sloth outside.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key quotes from Biles<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On why returning for the Paris Olympics was so important for her:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was important for me because nobody forced me to be out there on that stage. I solely did it for myself and I’m in a really good spot mentally and physically. So, doing this for just me it meant the world.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On whether any doubts crept back in the run up to the 2024 Games:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yes. I dealt with them in therapy. Obviously, you always have those thoughts coming in the back of your head, but just trying to stay as positive as possible – going back to what I know and thinking about my therapy tactics, and it worked.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her bowing to Rebeca Andrade:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think it was really important for that moment. Obviously, it was just me and Jordan being me and Jordan, but I know it was really special and it was very impactful for kids to see that. You win with grace, you lose with grace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what it feels like to be mid-air during a performance:
<\/strong>“Sometimes it feels like time goes really fast, like the floor comes sooner than it should. But most of the time it does feel like you’re up there for a while and you’re just waiting to come back down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what her spirit animal is:
<\/strong>“I think mine would actually be a honey badger. Honey badger in the gym, sloth outside.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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