Simone Biles: I've been shaking with anxiety in the Olympic village, had therapy HOURS before my second gold - and why I won't get Botox again

Simone Biles has opened up astir her worry battles during nan Olympics successful a video of her preparations for Thursday's stunning all-around golden badge victory.

In a TikTok recorded earlier she won nan title but published connected Friday, nan 27-year-old fto fans into her life behind-the-scenes successful France. She captioned nan post: 'Get fresh pinch meeee for each astir finals @ nan Olympics.'

And while nan 27-year-old was doing her constitution earlier her 2nd arena of nan Games, she candidly discussed handling her emotions while competing connected nan top shape of all. 

'I americium really nervous, that is to beryllium expected,' she said. 'I conscionable had therapy this greeting truthful I americium emotion a small spot better. I person conscionable worked truthful difficult mentally to get to this moment.

'Tonight I commencement vault and I honestly deliberation that's nan arena I americium astir tense for because I don't want to overpower.' 

Biles besides explained that she has chiefly avoided nan Olympic colony successful Paris aft being ambushed by fans who were hopeless to get a selfie pinch nan American star.

'I haven't done overmuch astir nan Olympic village,' Biles said. 'It's because nan first time we sewage here, I sewage to nan cafeteria and a batch of group were asking maine for photos non-stop and erstwhile I sat down to eat, my worry was truthful bad I was shaking. 

'I could not extremity shaking, I was truthful overwhelmed. I went to nan cafeteria to meet my friend but I hadn't been to nan cafeteria for 5 days. 

'I conscionable spell to nan shop and banal up connected nutrient and conscionable enactment present (in her room) because it gets maine truthful anxious.'

Biles has been candid astir her intelligence wellness struggles astir a athletics wherever she has enjoyed phenomenal occurrence in. During nan Tokyo Olympics successful 2021, she withdrew citing intelligence wellness and later explained that she had nan 'twisties' - a perceived psychological disconnect betwixt a gymnast's mind and body, astir notably during twists. 

In an question and reply pinch NBC successful June, Biles said seeing her therapist is each Thursday 'is benignant of belief for me' and it was nary objection for her earlier competing this week. She has openly and many times credited therapy connected galore occasions for helping her return to nan acme of gymnastics.

Biles besides praised Rebeca Andrade, nan Brazilian gymnast who won metallic connected Thursday. In a property convention aft her golden win, Biles said Andrade's performances made it nan astir stressful title of her profession to date. 

'Let maine conscionable show you, Rebeca is good,' Biles said successful her TikTok. 'She is good. I would opportunity she is my apical competitor, we person akin scores. 

'But I americium really excited to beryllium competing and rotating pinch her, she is ace sweet. So I americium excited, it will beryllium a bully one.' 

She besides amazingly revealed that she sewage Botox for her 27th day backmost successful March, but did not bask nan effect it had. 

'For my 27th day I sewage Botox, for illustration babe botox, successful my T-zone and I did not for illustration it,' Biles said. 

'I haven't sewage it again because I would beryllium opinionated location successful believe and my eyebrow would randomly spell for illustration this (pulls it up). So not doing that again.'

Biles returns to action connected Saturday for nan vault successful pursuit of a 3rd golden badge of nan Games.

After that, she will compete successful the balance beam finals and level workout finals connected Monday successful France.