Simone Biles reflects on her resurgent Paris 2024: "It was what I wanted"

"There were a lot of intense emotions that went with it," says
gymnastics superstar Simone Biles when recounting her triumphant
return to the Olympic stage, just over a year ago at Paris 2024.
"There was always a part of me that thought, 'What if?' And I
think that was my anxiety talking. So if I could lower that
voice, then I felt more comfortable competing."


We all know what happened next: Biles scooped up a second
individual all-around gold days after leading the U.S. to the
Olympic team title. For this episode of the
Olympics.com podcast, she speaks one-on-one with longtime
gymnastics reporter Scott Bregman, sharing with him that, yes,
she had dealt with cases of the twisties that haunted her at
Tokyo 2020 in 2021 ahead of Paris. But she wasn't going to let
them get in her way, and cleared her path to success with
consistent therapy and strict boundary-setting.


Scott also speaks with Tokyo champion Sunisa Lee, who had her own
comeback story in Paris after battling a rare kidney disease that
threatened to end her career.


Host Nick McCarvel gets Scott's perspective on the post-Paris lay
of the land for American gymnastics, with the U.S. Gymnastics
Championships set for 7-10 August in New Orleans.