Simone Biles Returns to Competition for First Time Since Withdrawing from Tokyo Olympics for Mental Health

Simone Biles is returning to gymnastics competition in August at the U.S. Classic, her first event since withdrawing from most of her events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 to focus on her mental health.
Biles won bronze on balance beam in Tokyo, bringing her career Olympic medal count to seven, but struggled with "the twisties," a loss of air awareness, during competition.
Other Olympic medalists like Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey will join Biles at the U.S. Classic, which serves as a warmup for the 2024 Paris Olympics that Biles has not confirmed she will compete in.
Biles has become an outspoken advocate for mental health since the Olympics and has focused on healing mentally and physically during her time away from competition.
If Biles were to compete in and medal at the Paris Olympics, she would become the most decorated American gymnast in history.