All the signs suggest Simone Biles is ready for it: to return to the Olympic stage and crush her new floor-routine mix that starts with a Taylor Swift song.
Ms. Biles stepped aside from several events at the Tokyo Games in 2021 after experiencing anxiety and the “twisties,” a gymnastics term for disorientation while performing midair tumbles.
“I have to focus on my mental health,” she told reporters.
It’s the rare athlete who can find the courage to speak openly about mental health.
star Chamique Holdsclaw has discussed how she resisted revealing her own experience with depression in 2004 because as an athlete, “you’re supposed to be strong, fierce, tough.
Persons:
Simone Biles, Taylor, —, Biles, “, ”, she’s, Chamique Holdsclaw, “ you’re, DeMar DeRozan, that’s
Organizations:
Olympic, Tokyo Games, Games, Toronto Raptors
Locations:
Paris