{"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\u00a0Simone Biles<\/strong>\u00a0put 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\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Tokyo 2020, Biles started suffering from the\u00a0\u2018twisties,\u2019\u00a0a mysterious phenomenon that suddenly means a gymnast is no longer able to do a twisting skill she\u2019s done thousands of times before.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cIt was important to me because nobody forced me to be out there on that stage,\u201d she told CNN\u2019s\u00a0Coy Wire\u00a0<\/strong>in Paris today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biles says she \u201cdealt\u201d 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

\u201cObviously, 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wire also playfully asked the 11-time Olympic medalist what her \u201cspirit animal\u201d would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think mine would actually be a honey badger. A honey badger in the gym, sloth outside.\u201d \u00a0<\/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

\u201cIt was important for me because nobody forced me to be out there on that stage. I solely did it for myself and I\u2019m in a really good spot mentally and physically. So, doing this for just me it meant the world.\u201d \u00a0<\/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

\u201cYes. 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 \u2013 going back to what I know and thinking about my therapy tactics, and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her\u00a0bowing to Rebeca Andrade:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what it feels like to be mid-air during a performance:
<\/strong>\u201cSometimes 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\u2019re up there for a while and you\u2019re just waiting to come back down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what her spirit animal is:
<\/strong>\u201cI think mine would actually be a honey badger. Honey badger in the gym, sloth outside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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