After a two-year hiatus, Biles marked her return at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, with a record-breaking performance. However, the 26-year-old revealed that the match almost didn't happen.
Biles ‘didn’t think’ she’d compete again
In response to a tweet on X, which read, "Remember like five months ago we didn't think Simone would ever compete again," Simone replied with a collection of sad face emojis and wrote, "Real talk I didn't think so either."
Stepped away for mental health
Before returning to the 2023 U.S. Classic on 5 August 2023, the 7x Olympic medalist was on break for 732 days as she suffered a bout of the "twisties" during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, withdrawing from the competition to focus on her mental health.