It is astonishing to see her moving through the air, rapidly contorting her body with such astounding motion that gymnastics is still having to adjust its parameters to accommodate her abilities. Moves have been named after Biles, some of which have been completed only by her.
Your body can only function for so long before your fuses blow out, says Biles today. She came down with a bad case of the twisties, in which gymnasts lose their sense of place and become disoriented, mid-air.
The film-makers have been given extraordinary access to the gymnast, her family and her home life. We meet everyone from her husband, the NFL player Jonathan Owens, to her mother, Nellie.
Simone Biles: Rising, the series is named after a tattoo on Biles' collarbone, which is taken from Maya Angelou, balances a more general portrait of her life and career with questions about the demands of elite sport, particularly in a world of constant inexpert scrutiny via social media.
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