Simone Biles: Rising – an 'elegantly paced and vulnerable' portrait of the gymnast

If you only watch "Simone Biles: Rising" to "marvel" at the sheer talent of one of the planet's greatest gymnasts, it would be "a couple of hours well spent"

But there is far more to the athlete than her "legendary physical prowess". 

The first half of the four-part documentary has been released on Netflix just before Biles makes her hotly anticipated return to the Olympics in Paris

With the second half set to drop after the games. 

It's been nearly four years since the decorated gymnast sent shockwaves through the sporting world when she pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics early

Citing mental health struggles. Biles had been suffering from a case of the "twisties" – a phenomenon that causes gymnasts to lose their sense of space and dimension when they're in the air, which can lead them to lose control of their bodies.

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