Simone Biles will be competing in Tuesday's balance beam final, USA Gymnastics confirmed. Biles said she has been experiencing the 'twisties' since the team finals last week.
. The team had said she would be evaluated every day and that it would be making decisions accordingly about her competition status.In a series of posts to her Instagram story Friday, Biles said she was still experiencing the phenomenon, in which gymnasts feel like they get lost in the air, and said her"She withdrew from Monday's floor final on Sunday and the team said her status for beam -- the last event -- was uncertain.
However, her teammate MyKayla Skinner, who replaced her in the vault final on Sunday, said she believed Biles would compete Tuesday.
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