Simone Biles made JD Vance eat his words after the Republican Vice Presidential nominee branded the gymnast ‘weak’ for pulling out of the Tokyo Olympics.
During the rescheduled Games, Biles withdrew after suffering from the ‘twisties’, a form of mental block which can cause gymnasts to lose their spatial awareness in mid-air.
Vance weighed in on the story back in 2021, before he was a senator in Ohio and long before Donald Trump selected him as his running mate for this year’s election.
His comments have now resurfaced after Biles made a glorious return to the Olympics in Paris, where she led the US to team gold and cemented her place among the greatest athletes of all time.
‘I think, obviously, it’s understandable that she was going through an incredible amount of pressure,’ Vance said at the time.
