Simone Biles
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209 appearances
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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And to me, I was like, it's fine. Take your medicine. And some of the days... We're asking my doctor, I'm gonna take two of my pills. I never take two of my pills, but I was like, something's coming up. It feels like, I don't know what it is, but like, I cannot control this. It is out of my control. So we're gonna control what we can control. Let's take your medicine. Maybe try 20 milligrams.
Maybe try this. And it was just like, it was the weirdest experience. And whenever I look back at it, it doesn't seem real life. Which maybe is a good thing. Right. You're like, it's kind of like. It's a good thing till everybody reminds me.
Okay, I'll start from the back of the runway when we're standing there.
So in the back, like, we already knew my gymnastics was kind of janky, like... In training, I was having twisties already. But I'm trying to push past that. And I would literally tell my teammates, I'm fighting demons. I'm fighting demons right now, but I'm going to do it for you guys. Because the cords were not connected.
So I literally felt like I was fighting my body and my mind to do these tricks. So we're trying to do some different things in the back. And I'm like, OK, I can't do a full and off beam.
Can I please go back to my double double which is way harder, but I know if I twist more it's better for me So then we go to vault vault is feeling a little bit weird in the air and you can see it like the girls We ended on floor because we started on vault out there So we end on floor I go to do my first pass and you can see in the air like you can ask the girls it's not like my first pass is a triple double and usually when you do it you see my regular videos and
You see one, you see two, you see three. This one, it looks like I'm going like this in the air and it doesn't feel comfortable. I have no idea where I am, but I'm twisting, like praying land on my feet. And they're like, that looks jacked up. You can tell all of the gymnasts in there from all of the countries are like, that's jacked up. That looks jacked up.
It looks like she's never done this day in her life, but they know it's a twisty. So people were kind of trying not to watch. We get out there and ball it. And I was like, okay, it's fine. I warmed up everything. Like it wasn't good, but I did it. And so we get out there on vol and we have a one touch warm up. Go over to the table, do a one and a half. And I'm like, what the fuck? What was that?
And so I'm like, it's fine. And everybody's freaking out. I don't have another touch. So I have to go stand there until it's my turn to salute and go. I don't have another touch.
Yes, gymnastics, once we go out there, we usually have a one-touch vault. And it is what it is. It's to warm up. You're usually sitting in the back for 40, 45 minutes. Come out. You get one turn to take to warm up your vault to perfection. And then you sit there and wait until it's your turn to salute and go. Hey, I'm at the Olympics. You know, that's your debut before, you know?
And so we go out there and I do the one and a half and my teammates are shook. They're like, are you okay? Are you okay? And I'm trying to convince myself I'm okay. So I don't need you asking me if I'm okay. Because I'm okay. Listen, I'm okay.
Like everything is fine. Yeah, literally. And so they're like, you're fine. And I was like, I don't know why I did that. I don't know why. And I knew once I got up there, I'm chalking up. We can't put Jordan in yet. I have to go. I have to put up a score. No matter what it is over the table, I have to put up a score.
So I'm chalking up and you can see if you watch the video, I'm like, because I have no idea what I'm going to do when I hit that table. And so in my head, I'm standing there and I'm like, I'll just do the double pike, which I haven't warmed up in like four days. And I'm like, if I do a double pike, over rotate it, it's fine. And then I was like, they put up a score for a two and a half.
So I have to do a two and a half. And I'm thinking if I do a double back, that's so dangerous. My coach will kill me. My team will never forgive. And I saluted and I was like, praying to God, because I knew I was going to do a vault, but I didn't know what I was going to do. And I knew I was going to try to do a two and a half, but I didn't know how many twists I was going to make.
And I just, because I couldn't twist anymore. It's just like your body, your brain opens up, have no idea where you are. So I opened, landed like that. And as soon as I land, I kind of grin and I'm like, and I salute. And I want to run. If I could have gotten a plane and flown home, I would have done it. But I just, as soon as I landed, I was like, oh, America hates me.
The world is going to hate me. And I can only see what they're saying on Twitter right now. That was my first thought. I was like, holy shit. What are they going to say about me? Because usually if you go to the Olympics and you flop or whatever it is, everybody on their couch eating those little chips. Right.
Oh, I thought I was going to be banned from America. Because that's what they tell you. Don't come back. If it's not gold, gold or bust. Don't come back.
Yeah. I was like, no, I'm going to be one of those videos flops at the Olympics. Like, this is horrible. And I knew I couldn't recover. And I knew I know how long the twisties takes to get over. And I know it's not overnight.
OK, if I had to explain it in gymnastics terms, it might not make sense, but it's basically like. Your mind and your body is at a disconnect. Your body is going to try to do something and your mind is going to be like, no, you're not doing this work. You're going to open out. You're going to do this. But it's the same as if like the best way I could describe it is every day you drive a car.
If one day you woke up and you had no idea how to drive a car, your legs are going crazy. You have no control over your body. That's kind of how it feels like you've been doing something for so long. And you now no longer have control. And it's terrifying because we're in a car without any protection. I am my car. So I would explain it as like the yips in golf or baseball or whatever it is.
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