Simone Biles on Olympics twisties: 'I thought I was going to be banned from America'

NBC News— Simone Biles has said she was scared to return to the United States after pulling out of a gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics while grappling with the "twisties." The 27-year-old gymnastics legend — the most decorated athlete the sport has ever seen, with 37 world and Olympic gold medals — has spoken out about the huge pressure she felt from at home and abroad when she withdrew from the team final at the Games in the summer of 2021. "America hates me. The world is going to hate me. I can...

NBC4 Washington—Simone Biles thought she was going to be ‘banned from America' after twisties in Tokyo. Simone Biles is opening up about how she felt after she suffered the “twisties” while competing at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

People—Simone Biles Says She Thought She Would Be ‘Banned from America’ After Failed Vault at Tokyo Olympics. On the latest episode of the 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, Simone Biles said she thought she was going to be 'banned from America' after her failed vault during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

CNN—Simone Biles thought ‘the world is going to hate me’ after experiencing the twisties at the Tokyo Olympics. Simone Biles has revealed that she thought “the world is going to hate me” after withdrawing from the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, Biles spoke about how she was affected by “the twisties” during the Games, which causes a gymnast to lose track of where their body is and how it moves through the air. The four-time Olympic gold medalist was replaced by Jordan Chiles in the team event and later explained that she...