Simone Biles said she was still suffering with 'the twisties” Friday and 'literally can not tell up from down,' raising serious doubts about whether she will be able compete in her individual events at the Tokyo Olympics.
Download theposted early Friday, Biles invited her 6.1 million followers to ask about the phenomenon that can cause gymnasts to lose their sense of space and dimension in midair — even if they have performed the same maneuver for years without problems.
“If you look at the pictures and my eyes, you can see how confused I am as to where I am in the air,” she told her followers. She said she “literally can not tell up from down," which meant she had no idea how she was going to land or what part of her body she was going to land on. “It’s the craziest feeling ever," she added.Getting rid of them “varies with time” and they had lasted for about two or more weeks in the past, she said, adding that they had “never transferred to the bars and beam before for me,” but this time it had affected her for every event “which sucks… really bad.
“I don't think you realize how dangerous this is on hard/competition surface,” she added. “Nor do I have to explain why I put health first. Physical health is mental health.”
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