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Simone Biles 'Still Scared to Do Gymnastics' After 'Twisties' at Tokyo Olympics

Appearing 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 part in gymnastics.

Biles told Today host Hoda Kotb that the issues she is still dealing with the issues she experienced at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo:

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“I don’t think people understand the magnitude of what I go through.”<a href="https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Simone_Biles</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/hodakotb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hodakotb</a> about life after the Tokyo Olympics, the next chapter of her gymnastics career, and working for the health and telemedicine app Cerebral.