Tokyo's Olympic legacy: forcing mental health centre stage

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Simone Biles's struggles with a mental block have been one of the biggest talking points in the Tokyo Olympics. Tokyo2020 TokyoOlympics

US gymnastics star Simone Biles's struggles with a mental block have been one of the biggest talking points in Japan, while British swimmer Adam Peaty announced he was taking a month off to mentally refresh.

At the start of the week, British swim star Peaty referred to Biles's struggles when he announced he was taking a mental health break after being under "a huge amount of pressure"."There is a huge amount of pressure. Money does not buy happiness. The stigma of perceived weakness relating to mental health concerns has until recently helped keep the topic firmly in the shadows and Peaty's announcement still triggered negative feedback despite growing awareness of the pressures athletes face.

"But it's still complicated to diagnose depression in a champion. They have an impressive capacity to hide it."

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