‘Simone Biles Rising’ review: An elite gymnast untangles the twisties

Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where gymnast Simone Biles is set to compete, the two-part Netflix documentary “Simone Biles Rising” focuses on a pivotal event in her athletic career: Pulling out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of the twisties, a term of art describing the disorientation a gymnast experiences mid-maneuver when they lose their sense of place in the air.

Here’s how her coach Laurent Landi puts it: “She could not sync her body and her mind together to compete.