Simone Biles made a celebrated return to the Tokyo Olympics, with a last stand on the balance beam that earned her a bronze medal, her record-tying seventh career medal.
Biles was also medically evaluated each day, and she had to answer questions from a doctor from the International Gymnastics Federation on Monday night to be cleared to compete.
Biles said that she has been trying to work through the twisties, which is how gymnasts describe the sudden disconnect between their air awareness and the muscle memory their bodies have built up over time. They cannot tell where they are in the air and how, or if, they will land. It’s dangerous for any gymnast, but for Biles -- whose gymnastics are the most difficult of anyone in the world -- it carries significant risk of injury.“I’ve been training beam every day. We just last-minute decided to switch the dismount, which I probably have not done since I was like 12 years old,” Biles said. “On the beam, that work is easy. I’ve always been able to do, but it’s just coming off we didn’t know what we were going to do or compete in the final.
Upon cleanly landing her dismount, Biles sported a smile and acknowledged the cheers form teammates, opponents, officials, and everyone else gathered at the competition. “The only reason why I could do beam was because there was no twisting,” she said, “so thank God for that.”Yahoo Sports: “Simone Biles earns bronze medal on balance beam in rousing Olympic finale.”Twitter: @TeamUSA, Aug. 3, 2021.
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