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Simone Biles "Still Scared to do Gymnastics" After her Experience with "The Twisties"

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Simone Biles famously stepped away from the Summer Olympics to focus on her mental and physical health after suffering a bout of what gymnasts call “the twisties.” But the disorienting illness is keeping the champion away from competing in her beloved sport for even longer than she anticipated.

As Biles told Hoda Kotb on the TODAY show this morning, it’s been tough for her to step away from doing what she loves for so long, but she is still fearful of harming herself if she returns to the mat.  “The twisting, once I get back, will come back, but I’m still scared to do gymnastics,” she revealed.

The twisties is a disorienting condition that causes a type of disconnection between a gymnast’s mind and body mid-air. This condition can have

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