Simone Biles has opened up about what happened to her during Tuesday’s gymnastics team finals and ultimately the reason why she withdrew from both that competition and Thursday’s all-ar…
“Literally can not tell up from down. It’s the craziest feeling ever not having an inch of control over your body,” she wrote. “What’s even scarier is that because I have no idea where I am in the air, I also have NO idea how I’m going to land. Or what I’m going to land on. Head/hands/feet/back…”
When it has happened to her in the past, it has typically lasted two or more weeks until she’s back to normal. She also said it can occur in any of the events — vault, bar, floor or beam. This time, she’s experiencing it across events. And despite that cutesy name, it can have dangerous consequences if an athlete can’t orient themselves in time to land.
“It only looks ‘safe’ because I’m on a soft surface,” Biles later said to an asker that described her “crashes” as “adorable.” “If I was on a competition surface it wouldn’t look adorable.”
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