Simone Biles made her eagerly awaited return to the Olympic Games on Tuesday, saying “I did it for me” after taking bronze in the beam final won by Chinese teenager Guan Chenchen.
It was the U.S. superstar’s first taste of competition in Tokyo since dramatically standing down during the women’s team final last week, struggling with the “twisties,” a condition meaning gymnasts lose the ability to orientate themselves in midair.
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