tokyo us gymnastics superstar simone biles said she was still struggling with the twisties the mental block that has sidelined her in tokyo as her olympic campaign looked in increasing doubt on fridaybiles posted video on instagram of her landing on her back in training on cushioned pads and wrote that she was having problems literally on every event which sucksthe 24yearold gymnastics great came to tokyo seeking five gold medals to equal the alltime career record of nine but withdrew during the womens team competition and also skipped her allaround title defencethis was not happening before i left the usa it randomly started happening after prelims competition the very next morning biles postedi seriously cannot comprehend how to twist strangest and weirdest feeling its honestly petrifying trying to do a skill but not having your mind and body in sync she addedbiles said previous bouts of twisties had taken two or more weeks to pass but there was honestly no telling the time framesomething you have to take day by day turn by turn she wrote warning but unfortunately in olympic routines i do a ton of twists in each eventshe also hit back at critics saying for anyone saying i quit i didnt quit my mind and body are simply not in sync as you can see herei dont think you realise how dangerous this is on hardcompetition surface nor do i have to explain why i put health first physical health is mental health