Simone Biles has moved past Tokyo. If critics can’t, she says that’s their problem, not hers

Simone Biles has been preparing for the Tokyo Olympics for the past three years. The famous gymnast is aware that not everyone has.

Regardless of the number of national titles Biles wins or the number of times she tops the podium at the world championships, she is aware that her critics will never be able to forgive her for withdrawing from many finals at the 2020 Games in order to protect herself. Her mentions of the things she claims she tries to ignore but still finds are the evidence.

As she gets ready for her third Olympic journey, the 27-year-old wants to be clear that her quest for atonement later this month has nothing to do with shutting down the people who will watch to see if “the twisties” reappearance. mostly because she is aware of its futility.

They’ll still say like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re going to quit again? Or are you going to quit again?’ And like, and ‘If I did, what are you going to do about it? Tweet me some more?’” Biles said after winning the Olympic trials last month. “Like I’ve already dealt with it for three years. But yeah, they want to see us fail.”