US gymnast Simone Biles brought her Olympics to a close with a bronze medal in the balance beam. It came at the end of a turbulent few days in which she withdrew from her other events, citing concerns about her mental health. She told reporters: “I was just there doing it for me.”
parent sports writer Tumaini Carayol It was all seen at the Ariake Gymnastics Center in Tokyo. he says noshin iqbal That the return of the greatest gymnast of all time came as a shock to everyone involved in the sport and inspired discussions about the mental health of athletes.
Biles has been competing since an early age and has spoken publicly about the abuse at the hands of former US team doctor Larry Nassar and the failure of those who defended him at the sport’s highest level. Briana Holto Noshin that being a black athlete comes with an extra layer of pressure.
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