Simone Biles, a gymnastics superstar, is going to great lengths to prevent a recurrence of the Olympic horror she experienced in Tokyo and to maintain her composure for the Games in Paris this year. She is going to therapy sessions on a weekly basis.
The coaching, according to Simone, who is 27 years old, is assisting her in feeling "comfortable and confident enough to be competing" in France. The little powerhouse admits, "It's been an essential component of my training regimen ever since I started doing it."
As a result of suffering from a case of the "twisties," a confidence-robbing mental block that causes a gymnast to lose control in the air and become disoriented, the four-time Olympic gold winner startled the world by withdrawing from the all-around competition that was scheduled to take place in Japan in 2021.
“It just sucks when you’re fighting with your own head,” Simone said in 2021. “Simone’s mental health is extremely important to her, and she wants to be a gold medal winner again!” an unnamed source close to the celebrated athlete told The National Enquirer.
In addition, Simone mentioned that she receives emotional support from her husband of fifteen months, Jonathan Owens, who is a safety for the Chicago Bears and is 29 years old. Owens is currently watching his wife fight against the top athletes in the world.
We’re always rooting for each other — on and off the field,” Simone said of Jonathan. “Therapy and her husband by her side are Simone’s secret weapons to try and get the gold again!” the anonymous insider added.
Meanwhile, following the imminent conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, there is a possibility that the rulebook of gymnastics will include one more element with the name of the superstar Simone Biles.
The American gymnast had submitted a new element, a Weiler-kip with a one-and-a-half pirouette (540 degree turn), for review on the uneven bars, according to an announcement made by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) on Friday.
A gymnast performs a Weiler-kip by first circling the bar forward and then launching themselves upside down into a handstand. If she were to successfully do the Weiler one-and-a-half in Paris, it would be her first eponymous element on uneven bars, and it would also provide her with at least one signature element on each apparatus.
Simone normally competes a Weiler with a half turn in her routine, but has in prior major championships submitted a Weiler with a full pirouette that could be used as a cover up if she was going the wrong way over the bar. The previous season, Georgia Godwin of Australia was honored with the naming of this skill.
Svetlana Khorkina is the only woman who has ever had a skill named on all four events. The record for Khorkina is nine named elements, although the 2022-24 FIG women's code of points only awards her with skills on the vault, bars, and balancing beam. Khorkina has had as many as nine named elements to her credit at various occasions.
There are already five elements that have been named after Biles: two vaults, a dismount on the balancing beam, and two double-flipping events on the floor exercise.
