Simone Biles, a preeminent figure in world gymnastics, ended up at the Olympics for reasons unrelated to sports. After exiting the team final and refusing the individual final, the 24-year-old American is considering not playing the individual final on four apparatus for which she is already qualified.
At dawn this Friday, Simone Biles explained on social media that she had put the big favorite for gold in all gymnastics competitions into trouble. Through a series of videos, albeit erased, the Texan tried to illustrate what she calls convolutions, desynchronization between body and mind, with several falls on foam blocks during training.
“This is the strangest feeling. I cannot control my body. The worst thing is that since I have no idea where I am in the air, I have no idea how I am going to land. People don’t realize how dangerous it is on a tough, competitive surface. I don’t know how to spin right now, ”he said on social media.
Remember, this is a common problem among gymnasts. In March of this year, 23-year-old Briton Claudia Fragapane suffered from a similar mental block and ended up spinning out of control in a somersault and landing on her head. Temporary paralysis led to the fact that she had to abandon the Olympic Games.
