TOKYO — Simone Biles said she wouldn’t do anything different. She was fine until she wasn’t fine. She had control over everything until everything had control over her. Her bout with the so-called “twisties” can come at any time for any reason.
“People said it was stress related, but I honestly could not tell you,” Biles said.
No one can tell. That’s the problem. And that’s why it isn’t easy to figure out how to avoid such a thing in the future — the best and strongest gymnast in the world completing just two of her expected 12 performances here.