Simone Biles reflects on her resurgent Paris 2024: "It was what I wanted"

Simone Biles reflects on her resurgent Paris 2024: "It was what I wanted"

Published on Aug 6
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<p>"There were a lot of intense emotions that went with it," says gymnastics superstar Simone Biles when recounting her triumphant return to the Olympic stage, just over a year ago at Paris 2024. "There was always a part of me that thought, 'What if?' And I think that was my anxiety talking. So if I could lower that voice, then I felt more comfortable competing."</p><p>We all know what happened next: Biles scooped up a second individual all-around gold days after leading the U.S. to the Olympic team title. For this episode of the Olympics.com&nbsp;podcast, she speaks one-on-one with longtime gymnastics reporter Scott Bregman, sharing with him that, yes, she had dealt with cases of the twisties that haunted her at Tokyo 2020 in 2021 ahead of Paris. But she wasn't going to let them get in her way, and cleared her path to success with consistent therapy and strict boundary-setting.</p><p>Scott also speaks with Tokyo champion Sunisa Lee, who had her own comeback story in Paris after battli...
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