In the end, Simone Biles decided to pull out of the Tokyo 2020 team gymnastics finals on Tuesday because things just did not feel right after her ...
In the end, Simone Biles decided to pull out of the Tokyo 2020 team gymnastics finals on Tuesday because things just did not feel right after her vault, saying mental health is more important than sports.
"And then at the end of the day, it's like 'you know what, I have to do what is right for me and focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and my well-being,'" she said. "I definitely feel like there was a lot of pressure, this time around," Osaka said."I think it's maybe because I haven't played in an Olympics before and for the first one to be here was a bit much."
Prior to the Olympics, Biles said, she had been going through some things and using therapy and medicines to cope. But after coming into the Games, stresses began to build up. By turns calm, philosophical and even joking with her teammates, Biles did choke back tears at one point. Robert Andrews, a mental training expert who worked with Biles for about four years from March 2013, told Reuters he suspected stress played a large factor in Tuesday's turn of events.
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