Simone Biles Revealed Her 'Body Was Ready To Be Done' Before Paris Olympics Final Games

Simone Biles is undoubtedly the GOAT in gymnastics; however, she also has bad days.

The artistic gymnast opened up about how she became a reserve for the bar finals in the 2024 Olympics. She revealed her body gradually "shut down" amid the games, a situation that may be linked to her trauma.

Simone Biles has been vocal about her mental health after she withdrew from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo due to "the twisties," a temporary loss of air awareness while performing twisting routines.

Although Biles recorded the video before her final two events in the Paris Games, she didn't share it on Tiktok until Tuesday, July 7. She filmed her preparations for the bar event, guiding fans through her makeup routine.

"Get ready with me to not compete in bar finals. And what I mean by that is I'm a reserve for bars. So the top 8 compete in each event in finals, and I'm in 9th. So I'm in the 1st reserve. So I still have to prepare and get ready," Biles began.

She noted her mood was down because she loves participating in bar events; however, earning the reserve position seemed linked to her body's poor state. "I'm really tired," Biles confessed, adding:

"I feel like my body is slowly starting to shut down. Like, it's ready to be done. But tomorrow, I compete in the last two finals there are for women's gymnastics."

"I will be doing beam and floor. So excited about never doing a floor routine again. It just hits different," Biles continued, reflecting on how far she has come since withdrawing from the 2020 Olympics.

The gymnast gave fans a special shout-out, thanking them for supporting her throughout the 2020 Tokyo Games and her journey in the Paris Olympics. In her words:

"It's been unreal. I've achieved more than my wildest dreams. You know, I never thought I was gonna be competing again because that's how terrified I was of gymnastics and twisting."

"So there was a lot of trauma there, so I've had to put in a lot of work. But shout out to my therapist and shout out to therapy," Biles chimed. Her confession received an outpour of supportive comments from fans, who hailed her as a GOAT.

Biles' candid moment with fans strengthened their love for her, with one Tiktok user declaring, "What a spectacle it has been to follow your journey up to this point! Even though everyone wishes to see you compete countless more times, you do you."

Another chimed, "So glad to see you out there doing your thing again this Olympics. You've achieved so so much & you deserve all the praise and accomplishments! You inspire so many people with your strength, bravery."

A third applauded Biles' mental health advocacy, noting, "The work you put into being mentally healthy is inspiring the next generation, both in and outside of gymnastics."

The love for Biles continued, with a fourth adding, "We are all so proud of you and the rest of the team. You are an amazing human." A fellow supporter wrote: "She is the goat, she's the best for real, our favorite."

Biles' joy at participating in the Paris Games was evident during the competition, but fans didn't expect its conclusion to impact the gymnast significantly. The Blast shared that she broke down in tears after her final event.

The 27-year-old revealed her emotional reaction to the end of the women's gymnastics competition in an interview, noting reality finally hit after Team USA returned to the athletes' village. She said:

"Yesterday, when we got back to the village, I looked at Jordan [Chiles], and I started balling my eyes out."

"She was like, 'I knew it was going to happen, I just didn't know when.' I was just so full of emotion, and I finally released all of that," Biles confessed.

Biles noted her tears stemmed more from happiness than sadness, saying: "I was so proud, happy, and bittersweet that the journey is over. It's so crazy, it happened so quick. My third Olympics."

Given her love for gymnastics and the Olympics, many wondered if Biles would return in four years to compete again. "You know, you never say never. The next Olympics is on home turf [Los Angeles], so you just never know," she teased.

With her four medals from Paris, Simone Biles has accumulated 11 Olympic medals. She truly is the G.O.A.T!