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AP Photo/Ashley LandisAppearing Thursday on the Today show, legendary Olympic gymnast Simone Biles discussed her struggles with mental health and how they have impacted her ability to take…

Firstpost tries to find out what twisties and other mental blocks in sports are and how they are a big huddle to cross from even for greatest of athletes, with the…

Half of the four remaining individual gymnastics finals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will be minus the greatest gymnast in the world. USA Gymnastics on Friday announced Simone Biles — who…

LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty ImagesTeam USA star Simone Biles provided further explanation of her decision to withdraw from multiple events at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Through her…

TOKYO — With only two days left until the gymnastics apparatus finals begin at the Tokyo Games, Simone Biles still hasn’t announced whether she will compete in them. But she said on…

TOKYO — Simone Biles’ Tokyo Olympics experience might be over after one shaky vault in the team competition.Biles, who was expected to dominate the gymnastics competition here, said Friday…

Simone Biles, who withdrew from the team and all-around competition because she felt she wasn't mentally prepared, said she started struggling with her air awareness after qualifying last…

TOKYO: When golfers get the yips they risk a missed putt -- when Simone Biles gets the equivalent in gymnastics, she risks breaking her neck. The US superstar, 24, blamed "the twisties" for…

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The words send shivers up the spine of nearly every gymnast.The twisties.It’s the mental block that causes gymnasts, even those at the top of their game like U.S. superstar Simone Biles, to…