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The big news of the day (APART FROM THIS) is the return of Simone Biles. I tend to think she thought: “I may as well give it a shot, even if I only come out and all I can do is walk down the beam”. However, my colleague Bryan Graham – who actually knows about gymnastics – thinks the mental block she has experienced won’t be such a problem on the beam as it’s only in twists that she has been losing her bearings in the air. Her dismount from the beam is a a double back dismount. No twists – no twisties.
Here is the excellent Tumaini Carayol on “the twisties” that have been troubling Simone:
Related: Simone Biles’ twisties: mental block which puts gymnasts at serious risk
Hello. A big day ahead at the Olympics [note to self: STOP SAYING THIS: it’s always a big day at the Olympics]. We have the men’s football semifinals, all kinds of finals on both track and field and the return of one Simone Biles.
For a full rundown, here is my colleague Martin Belam:
