Simone Biles has said she is unsure if she will compete at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The American is the world’s most-decorated gymnast and has won seven Olympic gold medals, with three of those coming at the 2024 Games in Paris.
The 28-year-old won gold in the team, all-around and vault competitions in the French capital after she had withdrawn from a number of events from the previous Olympics in Tokyo with the ‘twisties’ – a disorientating mental block.
“I have accomplished so much in my sport. For me to come back, I would really need to be excited by it,”Biles told French sports newspaper L’Equipe.,external
“You’re going to tell me that the perspective of the Games in Los Angeles is fascinating. And I will be there, whether on the apparatus or in the stands, I still haven’t decided.”
Biles previously saidshe felt like a failurefollowing a disappointing Tokyo Olympics in which she was aiming for six gold medals but instead left with a silver and bronze.
She added that “2028 seems so far away” and “my body ages”.
“I felt it in Paris,” said Biles,who was crowned Sportswoman of the Yearfor a record-equalling fourth time at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
“At the end of the competition, I went back to the village, I took the elevator and my body literally collapsed – I got sick for 10 days.
“So, to be honest, I don’t know. We’ll see.”
