United Kingdom, March 10 -- Simone Biles feared she would be "cancelled" after she sensationally withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

The gold medal-winning gymnast, 28, was in Japan competing for Team USA when she decided to walk away in the middle of an event because she needed to prioritise her mental and physical health - and Simone has now admitted she feared her career would be over because of her decision.

She told Stylist magazine: "Everyone assumed I would do what I'd always done: push through and bring home gold. But something inside me knew this was different. Very different.

"My body was there, but it wasn't in sync with my mind. I wasn't right. And in gymnastics, that's extremely dangerous. I had to trust myself. ...