Simone Biles Wins Bronze In Olympic Balance Beam Final

After bailing from her complicated vault during the team final, Biles explained in interviews and on social media that she was struggling with a mental block gymnasts call “the twisties,” which left her unable to comprehend how to do complex twists in midair.

“Things were not connecting and I don’t know what went wrong,” she told reporters last Tuesday. “People say it’s like stress related, but I honestly, I could not tell you because I felt fine. I think I’m still trying to process this a little bit.” This morning, Biles performed a beam routine that was less complex than the one she did in qualifying events. She went forward with the competition after meeting with sports psychologists and team doctors daily, to ensure she was healthy and up for competing. She didn’t do the twists and flips from the complicated beam dismount that’s named after her. But her routine was solid, and she ended her Olympics on her own terms.

Simone Biles does a double pike dismount, which she hasn’t done in approximately 9 years! What a wonderful performance!

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