Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time. She doesn't just compete, she redefines the sport with every skill and every routine.

But just three years ago, many people, including Simone herself, questioned if she would ever compete again.

After a mental block known as the Twisties, the letter to withdraw from almost all of

her events at the Tokyo Olympics, Simone stepped away from the gym and made mental health her priority.

Since then, life has changed for Simone.

She got married in 2023 saying, I do to Jonathan Owens who's a safety for the Chicago Bears.

She also became the youngest person to ever receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But through it all, Simone knew that there was still one more chapter

of her gymnastic story left to right,

making her decision to return to the sport

and making her return to the Olympics in Paris. But this time

she's doing things her way. She is ready to get the job done and bring home

gold for Team USA.

I had a chance to sit down with Simone for a Today exclusive ahead of her Paris games

as she reflected on her journey and her goals for Paris.

I'm Hakot Bee.

Welcome to my podcast, Making Space. All right, first of all, I feel like there's a new you sitting in front of me, and it's the you who says it out loud.

You don't bury things anymore. You speak them out loud.

You talk about therapy, where you are, where you're going. Tell me about this part of you.

Well I've always tried to stay authentic to myself so I feel like the new me I'm a little

bit older, more mature so just being unapologetically me.

And so the things that we used to we used to bury because it made us appear stronger

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