Simone Biles performs on the uneven bars at the US Classic gymnastics competition in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. — AFP
AMERICAN gymnast Simone Biles said she felt like a failure after the Tokyo Olympics and would not be crushed if she did not make the United States squad for this year’s Paris Summer Games.
Biles headed to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics eyeing a record haul of six gold medals but returned home with just a silver and a bronze after suffering a crisis of confidence that saw the American drop out of multiple events due to “the twisties”, a type of mental block where gymnasts are disoriented.
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