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That she was sexually abused by nassar, her former team doctor. she told a congressional hearing, the gymnastics officials and fbi turned a blind eye to her and hundreds of other gymnasts abused by nassar. biles says she went to therapy as she trained for the tokyo games where she was forced out of action after experiencing a mental block known as the twisties. biles recently said she's overcome the twisties and she's on a national tour with teammates in san francisco. >> it is great to have you with us today. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern. in the meantime, you can follo...

Beam will be tough especially when she's suffering from the twisties when a mental block hurts a gymnast during aerial moves. >> it's such a difficult event in aerial space and you have to know where you are on everything because you only have a-- a little 4-inch strip to land on. >> reporter: tonight marks the final gymnastics routine and simone biles' return to the competition floor. it will be the only time in these games she can win a medal in an individual event. in that quest biles joints suni lee. biles won bronze on the balance team in 2016. norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas, and happy...

>> reporter: well, victor, huge anticipation for her. this is her last chance to take home gold, and she had withdrew from many other events but now coming back for balance beam. as early as friday, however, she said that she was still dealing with this mental block that gymnasts call the twisties. she said she literally could not tell up from down, and that it was terrifying to try these skills without any syncing between her mind and body. balance beam requires less twisting. but simone biles has not been shying away. she's been cheering on her teammates. i was at the event finals on sunday....

And you can go through such hard times and sadly, she had that mental block right before she went out and to get that we picture arm out and compete as the worst thing ever. but i'm glad she's safe and the only thing is, it's quite hard to come back from that if you're in a environment, you can try to change that and unfortunately, she was adding olympic games in you can change that. but she is going to go into the final what i hope she does well. i've got a feeling that she won't do her hardest skill on being right on the end of her dismount and may be go a little bit lower into like a double...

The latest on that story around the belarus athlete. the other news from here. simone biles says she will compete in the beam final tomorrow. gymnastics us tweeted: we are so excited to confirm that you will see two us athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — suni lee and simone biles!! the american, 2a, has not competed since last week's team final, where she performed on vault but no other apparatus before saying she wanted to protect her mental health.the pre—games favourite, a four—time olympic champion, has been suffering with the �*twisties�*, which gymnasts describe as a ...