Simone Biles To Return To Olympics For Final Event

American gymnast Simone Biles returned to the olympics on tuesday for the last leg of the competition. Biles had dropped out on the grounds of mental health after faring less than expected, doing a 1.5 twist on an “amanar” instead of the 2.5 and landing in a stumble.

Biles, who was expected to be one of the headliners of the Tokyo games bidding for six gold medals huddled up with her coach and teammates right after and decided to pull out of the competition. A day later, she pulled out of the individual all-round final and on saturday, she also withdrew from the vault and uneven bars medal events.

Simone was however in the stands to watch teammate Sunisa Lee become the fifth consecutive American to win the Olympic title, as well as the event finals for vault, uneven bars and floor exercise.

Biles came to Tokyo as the biggest star of these Olympics, projected to win a record five gold medals but developed a case of the “twisties”- a loss of air awareness that can have catastrophic consequences for a gymnast.

After the event, Biles told reporters: “I just don’t trust myself as much as I used to. I’m a little bit more nervous when I do gymnastics. I feel like I’m also not having as much fun.” She also mentioned experiencing the ‘twisties’. “They saw it a little bit in practice..having a little bit of the twisties,” she said

Her return was announced by a spokesperson for the USA gymnastics.