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Sometimes our no’s are more powerful than our yes’s. It’s as simple as- what does it mean to gain the whole world but forfeit your soul. She shared Justin Bieber's statement, adding “ 🤎☝🏾” He wrote: nobody will ever understand the pressures you face! I know we don’t know each other but I’m so proud of the decision to withdraw. 🤍” she wrote on her Instagram.Ī post shared by Simone Biles her Instagram Story, Biles reposted several statements others shared in support of her. They should be seen as humans first, athletes second.īiles was genuinely moved by the support she received: “The outpouring love & support I’ve received has made me realize I’m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before. Olympics like Biles has been portrayed in this Olympics and how Biles, Naomi Osaka, and other elite athletes considered to be the best in their sport do not owe the public constant, perfect performances at the cost of their health. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has made her first comment on the public's response to her decision to pull out of two Olympic events she qualified for this week: the all-around team event final (which Team USA won silver in) and individual all-around final, happening tonight, in order to focus on her mental health.īiles' decision has sparked a bigger conversation about what needs to be done to support athletes' mental health how dangerous a sport like gymnastics can be to do when your mental focus isn't there (one mistake can literally cause paralysis) the pressure Olympians shoulder, especially when they are considered the face of U.S. “Because living, not withdrawing from it, is still the point of life.U.S. What a society chooses to glorify and encourage, it gets more of,” he writes. “This is part of a broader tendency these days to medicalize our language and to celebrate victims and suffering rather than celebrating heroism, accomplishment, perseverance, and endurance. But this shouldn’t be used as a broader lesson that if the going gets tough, quit. It’s perfectly right for Biles to pull out of competition, especially if she thought she might hurt herself, Dan McLaughlin writes at National Review.

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“If a gymnast’s ankle isn’t working right, or her head is in the wrong place, and she flips at speed and it doesn’t work out, she can die.”Īnd importantly, “Biles could not just snap out of it.” Simone Biles celebrating the Women’s Team Final silver medal with her teammates on July 27, 2021. It’s not just frustrating, it’s dangerous. Gymnasts call it “the twisties,” slang for “her mind was stopping her physically from doing what she could normally do,” Louise Radnofsky and Andrew Beaton explain in the Wall Street Journal. It is mysterious what contributes to an talented athlete suddenly losing their ability, like a golfer who keeps shanking the ball. “Will the media and the US gymnastics team consider the effect that Biles’s withdrawal may have had on mental health?” Gymnast Simone Biles decided to withdraw from the Women’s Team Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. And it seems unfair for her to participate in individual events next week. If she had doubts she should have given up her spot earlier to someone else. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File PhotoĪmber Athey at The Spectator says when Simone Biles decided to drop out presents a problem. But her timing was off Simon Biles performing the vault at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 27, 2021. “It was a courageous and humble thing to do.”. She would have dragged down the USA team’s scores if she was really that off, and chose not to risk it. “What exactly is so courageous, heroic or inspiring about quitting on your team and country in an Olympics?” Biles was selflessīiles was being selfless, Alexandra DeSanctis writes at National Review. You are part of Team USA, representing the United States of America, and hundreds of millions of American people watching back home, not to mention all the sponsors who’ve paid huge sums to support you.”

Hitting on her quote about ‘I feel like I’m also not having as much fun,” he writes for The Daily Mail: “You’re not just at these Games for yourself, Simone. No one was harsher on Biles decision than British commentator Piers Morgan. What pundits are saying about Simone Biles. Simone Biles gets engaged to NFL boyfriend Simone Biles ‘clicked’ with fiancé Jonathan Owens early in relationship Simone Biles, other medalists seek $1B-plus from FBI over botched Nassar probeġ3 Larry Nassar victims seek $130 million from FBI over botched investigation