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Watching. theres not an audience there to help with the adrenaline rush. theres no family. theres no friends in the stands. so its a lot for this young 24-year-old to take on. and lets not forget how outspoken she has been about the culture of the sport of gymnastics and how much it needs to change. shes made it it very clear that shes the only survivor of the larry nassar scandal on the floor, and thats a lot of weight for a young woman to take on. >> and even, you know -- its even beyond that....

Gold for team usa. is some of the criticism that weve heard -- there have been people who have said, look, keri did this, why cant simone biles do this? what do you think of that comparison and do you if i if thatsles to apples? >> its really not from a gymnastics perspective. its not a great comparison because a physical injury is something that you as an athlete in the moment can decide, i can push this. or, this is not going to work today. mental is a lot more challenging, and ive been throug...

Olympics since the scandal first broke. this is her first olympics since then. a lot of pressure on her which she has voiced. maybe some post traumatic stress. i throw that out there. theyre very isolated in tokyo. she doesnt have her support system there. by the way, she did this before. this is -- she had a learning experience. ghago, simone biles was competing in -- in a domestic meet in 2013. she fell. she hurt her ankle. she tried to push on. it was her coach at the time said, you need to s...

This article describes what that means. gymnasts describe the �*twisties�* as mental block where you can lose your sense of spatial awareness in the air, spin out of control or find yourself unable to land. they can happen to any gymnast even if theyve done the same manoeuvre for years. or even if they are one of the greatest of all time, like simone biles. and her admitting that has received a lot of support from fellow gymnasts. emily giambalvo tweeted. .. and dominique moceanu — who was...

But in certain high risk sports like gymnastics the threat of serious physical injury if things dont go to plan can add to that. heres wendy hilliard — a former gymnast for the us this article on the bbc news website explains exactly what that means. gymnasts described them as a mental block where you can lose your sense of spatial awareness in the air and spin out of control or find yourself unable to land. and it can happen to any gymnast even if they have done that same manoeuvre for years ...

Different from mental. physical injury as an athlete you need to know physically whether or not you feel confident and comfortable going. you dig deep and fight through it or is it an injury where you feel it wont be there and im putting myself at risk if i go. its the same way with mental, just harder. the mental aspect when you have this mental block in gymnastics where you wont let go of a bar or flip backwards or lose spatial awareness. sometimes it takes a week to get over that mental block...

If you are a gymnast out there you know that when you get that mental block and you lose your spatial awareness in the air flying 10 to 15 above the ground especially doing the high level skills that she is performing that no one else in the world is doing you have to have your head in the game and you have to know that not only your body is physically ready to go but your mental status is there. for her safety it probably was the best thing. a lot of times these mental blocks dont heal overnigh...

>> if your gymnast out there, you know that you hit that mental block, and you use your spatial awareness in the air, flying 10-15 feet above the ground, especially doing these high-level skills that simone biles is performing that no one else in the world is doing, you have to have your head in the game, you have to know that not only your body is physically ready to go, but your mental status as they are. for her safety it was probably the best thing. >> i felt like that was really good insigh...

During her about performance yesterday she appears to have gotten lost in the air, missing a full planned rotation. after which she decided to call it quits. she has received criticism from some but has also seemed overwhelming support from forme olympic gymnast. >> when you again have the mental clock or you wont let g of a bar or you wont flip backwards or you lose your spatial awareness, thats not easy to just overcome overnight you have to really go back to the drawing board and work on that...

Achievements have given her an aura of invincibility. but this week, shes reminded a world that sees her as superhuman that she is human. and what a champion! i say put your mental health first, because if you dont, youre not going to enjoy your sport and youre not going to succeed as much as you want to. so its ok sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are. the 30—time olympic and world champio...