Simone Biles Announces She Is BACK, Will Compete In Balance Beam Final Tomorrow

Source -  Simone Biles will compete in the women's beam event final on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics, USA Gymnastics announced. 

Catch Biles' return to competition live at 4:50 a.m. ET on Aug. 3 on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports App as well as replayed in primetime on NBC. "We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow - Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can't wait to watch you both!" the national governing body said.

Beam is the last opportunity for Biles to compete in Tokyo after withdrawing from the team final after one rotation, followed by her next four possible events, citing concerns about her mental health.

In addition to stress due to the pressure she was facing to perform, Biles said she was dealing with a case of the "twisties," a phenomenon gymnasts experience in which they feel a disconnect between their mind and body. The issue can be extremely dangerous when hurtling through the air, as gymnasts often lose track of where the ground is and lose control of how many times they're twisting.

For the love of God, and I mean this respectfully, can we let this story die? Please? By Simone's own admission she's going through a tough time. Do we need front page coverage of every decision she makes? I understand it's the Olympics but still, give it a rest. I'm sure her teammates are sick of it too. It's not like they're doing bad without her either. MyKayla Skinner took silver in the vault final on Sunday and Suni Lee just became an all-around gold medalist. 

Large and I spoke at length about Simone's decision to withdraw on last week's Out & About...

You can listen to the entire episode HERE. I'd invite him back on to discuss her return but I really don't care. That said, I can't WAIT  to see her dominate the entire competition tomorrow. Here she is winning the gold in last year's World Gymnastics Championship. 

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Baby girl's still got it. All we've gotta do now is keep those damn twisties away from her and she's a shoo-in to win the gold- not that anybody thought otherwise. After all she does have thirty-six total olympic medals. She was also the first woman since 1992 to advance to the final in all six possible Olympic events, but that's neither here nor there. Hopefully she ends the year on a high note, for her sake and ours. Good luck, Simone.