Simone Biles

After Battling The Twisties, The GOAT Is Back.

THERE’S SOMETHING special about seeing an athlete perform at the height of their powers on a huge stage. That was supposed to have been the case three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, where Simone Biles looked set to surpass her 2016 haul (four golds and a silver). But Biles developed a case of the “twisties.” She lost all sense of where she was when she was flying through the air. Biles withdrew from most of the competition and came home with just a silver and a bronze. But the twisties appear to be a thing of the past. Biles won her ninth all-around U.S. championship with ease in May. At 27, she almost certainly won’t comepete at another Games, so this is her chance to go out with a bang. WHILE…

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