How am I supposed to go on with my day?" Work in progressīiles has not given up gymnastics altogether and is currently touring the country with the Gold Over America Tour.īiles said her problems had built up over time. I have been doing gymnastics for 18 years. "That's the only thing I can relate it to.
"One morning, you wake up, you can't see shit, but people tell you to go on and do your daily job as if you still have your eyesight. "Say up until you're 30 years old, you have your complete eyesight," Biles says. She later returned to the Olympic arena to compete in the balance beam final, where she won a bronze.īiles, who has won a total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, hit back in the magazine at critics on social media who accused her of being a quitter. She had been strongly tipped to win six gold in Japan but then stepped aside saying she had to prioritize her mental health.īiles was hit by an attack of the "twisties" in Tokyo – a potentially dangerous phenomenon that causes gymnasts to lose their sense of direction when in the air. So I pushed past that for as long as my mind and my body would let me."īiles is the most decorated gymnast of all time. I wasn't going to let him take that joy away from me. "But I was not going to let him take something I have worked for since I was 6 years old. "It was too much," she said of the USA doctor Nassar abuse scandal that played out in public for two years. I should have quit way before Tokyo."īiles said mental health concerns that led to her dramatic withdrawal had begun even before she arrived in Japan.Ī survivor of sexual abuse, Biles told the magazine that the Larry Nassar scandal took an overwhelming emotional toll. "If you look at everything I have gone through the past seven years," Biles told New York Magazine in an interview released Monday, "I should have never made another Olympic team. The 24-year-old Biles was expected to dominate at the Tokyo Games but instead caused a sensation by pulling out of the opening event of the women's gymnastics competition after being plagued by an attack of the "twisties." gymnastics icon Simone Biles has said she regretted not quitting "way before Tokyo" since her Olympic dream took a heavy emotional toll on her health. I knew I was going to get hurt," she told AthletaWell in August.U.S. Because I knew I couldn't go out there and compete.
"I know that I helped a lot of people and athletes speak out about mental health and saying no.
However, she's happy that she has inspired fellow athletes to prioritize their mental health. Because of it, she revealed that her "mind and body in sync."Īfter the competition, the " Dancing with the Stars" alum admitted that it "sucks" knowing she couldn't compete like how she wanted. Aside from mental health concerns, she claimed that she had "the twisties," a condition when gymnasts lose air awareness and endanger their safety. Simone withdrew from all of the individual events at the Tokyo Olympics before making her return at the balance beam final, which earned her the bronze medal. Actress Holly Robinson Peete then chimed in by noting, "Let. "Preach! Say it louder for the people in the back," Jordan gushed. Simone's fellow artistic gymnast Jordan Chiles then praised her for her bold statement. "for some of you that may be how you define me but keep talking because I can't hear you over my 7 olympic medals which tied me for the most decorated gymnast EVER as well as most decorated american gymnast." "I've pushed through so much the past couple years, the word quitter is not in my vocabulary," the athlete went on.
this olympics doesn't erase the past accomplishments I've achieved nor does it define who I am as an athlete," she penned alongside the snap. I'm proud of myself and the career I've had thus far. "Definitely not the way I planned the olympics going but I wouldn't change anything for the world. Making use of Instagram, the 24-year-old shared a picture of the silver and bronze medals she won at this summer's Games. Simone Biles proved that she is not a "quitter." After critics gave her the unflattering label for pulling out of several events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the artistic gymnast shut them down by boasting about having "7 Olympic medals."
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