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 withdrew 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 said she felt like a failure following 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 Year for 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.”
