'Regroup, reset': Simone Biles taking own advice, set for break after trail-blazing tour

There's a video interlude during the "Gold Over America Tour" that Simone Biles spent the fall headlining where she offers advice to the audience of predominantly young women on how to deal with adversity.

"Regroup, reset, and everything will be just fine," she says.

The seven-time Olympic medallist — one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time — knows what she's talking about.

Three months ago, on the other side of the world, Biles removed herself from competition in the middle of the team final at the Tokyo games. The 24-year-old did it for her own personal welfare while she battled what is known as " the twisties," a phenomenon that didn't allow her mind and body to get in sync enough to allow her to safely do what she's done as well as anyone in the history of her sport.

The decision further spurred a rapidly evolving discussion about the role that proper mental health plays not just for athletes, but for everyone.

"It was very alarming [in the moment]," Biles recently told The Associated Press. "[My body] told me like, `Hey, enough is enough, you got to go get help."'

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She did, and returned on the final day of the meet to earn a bronze medal on beam. Biles went home not with a fistful of gold as she did after her breathtaking performance in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but with something more valuable: a clean slate mentally.

Having a post-Olympic tour to lead also helped. Biles never considered bailing on it. If anything, she needed the tour — which wrapped up a 32-city sprint Sunday in Boston — to help her and fellow Olympic teammates Jordan Chiles, MyKayla Skinner, Jade Carey and Grace McCallum (as well as world champions Chellsie Memmel and Morgan Hurd, among others) step out of the hyper-pressurized bubble of elite gymnastics.

The "GOAT" tour allowed Biles to reconnect with the energy of a crowd, energy that was palpably missing inside the spectator-free Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo.

When she initially announced the tour in fall 2019, she viewed it as an alternative to the typical post-Olympic tour run by USA Gymnastics. She wanted something "completely different."

"I think we've definitely changed the outlook on gymnastics because it's had a bad rep for a couple of years now," Biles said. "So for kids and parents to come and see the show, they're like, 'You can still have fun.' This is normal."

The show isn't quite over — the "Gold Over America Tour" will hold a streaming event at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 4, a decision Biles made in an effort to share her vision with those who couldn't make it in person.

"At least we'll have that opportunity to be able to be in their living rooms and feel like they're there with us," she said.