Tokyo 2020: Simone Biles got off the floor final and the world wonders if she will compete again

08/01/2021 12:30 AM

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Updated 08/01/2021 12:45 AM

The American superstar of artistic gymnastics, Simone Biles, will be absent in the

floor final

this Monday at dawn (in Argentina) since he

gave up participating

in it, after having

also renounced the general contest, jump and bars asymmetrical

, announced last midnight the American federation of this sport on its Twitter account.

"Simone is withdrawing from the floor final

and will make a decision on the balance beam (which is played on Tuesday) later,

" said USA Gymnastics, when the American stopped competing to protect her mental and physical health since the contest. general by teams.

The beam test is

the last chance 

to see Simone Biles in competition at the Tokyo Games.

Simone has withdrawn from the event final for floor and will make a decision on beam later this week.

Either way, we're all behind you, Simone.

- USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) August 1, 2021

Biles is suffering

from mental health issues

.

When he got off Sunday's jump and uneven bars finals, the US federation had announced that his status would be assessed daily.

Days ago, Biles explained that her withdrawal from the women's team event, her first resignation in Tokyo 2020, was due to

"demons in her head"

and indicated her intention to take care of her "mental health".

"Since I enter the tapestry, I am alone with my head, dealing with demons in my head (...) I must do what is good for me and focus on my mental health and

not compromise my health

and well-being," he explained Biles to the press.

Biles, 24 years old and four times Olympic champion in Rio 2016, had taken a step to the side although she continued to encourage her teammates from the United States after passing through the first device, the balance beam, where it was

below their standards

, with a note of 13,766 points.

"I do not have as much confidence in myself as before, I do not know if it is a question of age.

I am a little more nervous

when I am doing my sport. I have the impression that

I can no longer enjoy myself as before,

" she added, echoing a statement recent events by Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, who also spoke publicly about her mental health and the problems she was experiencing in the face of media pressure.

Biles recognized himself as a prey to

"twisties",

a well-known mental block in the world of gymnastics: a phenomenon that prevents the gymnast from doing the twists he should do.

Biles posted a video, which she later deleted, in which she is seen getting off the uneven bars during a workout.

He tried several times, without being able to complete it, a jump of two and a half turns.

He also failed to complete an Amanar on the colt during the team final on Tuesday.

It lacked a twist.

Luckily he was able to fall without injury, but immediately

withdrew from that test.

"Sometimes I can't make turns. Seriously,

I don't know how to turn.

It's the strangest and most crazy thing," he was honest.

Biles said that the mental blockage of the "twisties" only became present on Monday.

You have already experienced it in the past.

The difference

this time is that it is not only affected on the rack or the floor exercises, but also on the bars and the beam.

 Considering the latter, it seems more than difficult for him to appear in the last test in which he could appear.

"It's scary," he wrote. "You try to do something, but

your body and mind are out of step."

With information from agencies.

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