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Simone Biles has become nearly as famous for the Olympic events she quit as the ones she won, and now she is doubling down, saying that walking away last year was her “biggest win” yet. The renowned gymnast became the target of criticism after she dropped out of several events at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic games. The 24-year-old gymnast said she skipped the events due to her “mental health.” Since she walked away from some of the events, Biles has become the toast of the left for deferring to her “mental health” instead of achieving excellence in competition. She...

Time magazine revealed a controversial pick for its “athlete of the year” award on Thursday handing the crown to U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, not because she did well, but because she pulled out of events during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Biles had a relatively poor showing, winning only a silver and bronze medal in two events, compared to the handful of golds she won during the 2016 Olympics. However, Time did not laud her for winning the two lesser medals as much as it did for her decision to pull out of several events in 2020 for her “mental health.”...

Simone Biles is still struggling after dealing with the "twisties" at the Tokyo Olympics. Biles discussed her mental health on the "Today" show Thursday. Biles revealed she is "still scared to do gymnastics" following the Olympics, fighting back tears as she discussed the issue. "I don't twist [on tour,]" Biles said. "I do double lay half outs, which is my signature move on the floor. That's never affected me. But everything else weighs so heavy and I watch the girls do it and it's not the same. "To do something that I've done forever and just not be able to...

The four star gymnasts testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about the Nassar case The hearing examines why the FBI failed to investigate USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sooner A damning report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz in July found the bureau made a series of failures in its handling of allegations It was first alerted to the abuse in 2015 but failed to bring charges leaving Nassar to abuse dozens more victims over the next 13 months, the report found It emerged Tuesday the FBI fired agent Michael Langeman last week Langeman worked as a supervisory...

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Nastia Liukin has penned a special message for Simone Biles. The 31-year-old gold medal-winning gymnast shared an emotional note to Biles, 24, on Wednesday, after the decorated United States gymnast bowed out of the women's team final as well as the individual all-around at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. "Thank you for showing the depth of who you are beyond an athlete as a leader, role model, mental health warrior, and person," Liukin wrote on social media, adding that Biles is "epitomizing what the next generation of role models should be." Liukin also lauded Biles "for creating a safer space for...

Simone Biles has won bronze in the women's balance beam final after pulling out of other events at the Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health issues. The star gymnast received a score of 14.000 in her return to competition, placing her behind Chinese gymnasts Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing. It was the seventh Olympic medal for Biles, tying her with Shannon Miller for the most ever for an American gymnast. "I didn't expect a medal today, I just wanted to go out there for me and that's what I did," Biles told reporters after receiving the bronze. Teammate Suni Lee placed...

Simone Biles has withdrawn from her third individual apparatus final of the Olympics, leaving only one event where she can choose to compete. Biles on Sunday withdrew from the floor exercise final, which was scheduled for Monday, U.S.A. Gymnastics said in a statement. She had previously said that she would not compete in the uneven bars or vault finals, which are scheduled for Sunday night. Her last potential event in the Tokyo Games would be the balance beam, and U.S.A. Gymnastics said she would make a decision soon. “Either way, we’re all behind you, Simone,” the organization said in a...

Former UFC bantamweight and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo is the latest to criticize [Simone Biles]. Having previously won gold himself (2008 Olympics), Cejudo is of the opinion that Biles could use a "kick in the arse." "I believe Simone Biles pulling out of this thing is like, I think she really needs to check herself. I think there’s time for a little bit of tough love."

Looks like she's being deep-sixed by the MSM.

,,,,,McCallum, who was the first US athlete to compete on the uneven bars in the minutes after Biles told her teammates that she was pulling out of the final, confessed that she was left 'on the verge of tears' by the news - as well as the added pressure that was placed on her and the other two remaining Team USA athletes as a result. 'It was a lot of pressure, my heart was beating about a million miles an hour and I was on the verge of tears,' the gymnast shared. 'I just knew I had to do my...

On Wednesday, two-time losing Democrat candidate for president Hillary Clinton jumped to her Facebook account to praise USA Gymnast Simone Biles on the heels of her decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics. On Wednesday, Biles announced that she was pulling out from the all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Her decision caused a storm of criticism that sparked many of the gymnast’s supporters to defend her defense.

Novak Djokovic said “pressure is a privilege” after keeping his Golden Slam bid intact at the Tokyo Olympics, where the decision of gymnast Simone Biles to withdraw from two events over mental health concerns has put the spotlight on athletes’ wellbeing. World number one Novak Djokovic is trying to become the first man to win all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in the same year, and emulate the feat achieved by Steffi Graf in 1988. The Serb is thriving on the Olympic experience, mingling and posing for pictures with athletes from all walks of life in the village, cutting...

Simone Biles pulled out of the finals of the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, dealing a massive blow to Team USA’s chances of securing the gold medal as they face a resurgent Russian team. Biles left the competition floor after completing her first apparatus on the vault, the New York Times reported. Biles, who was supposed to do a Yurchenko with two-and-half twists on the vault, pulled out only after one-and-a-half twist and then stumbled on the landing. It’s unclear if the gymnast, widely considered the greatest of all time, was injured during the event.

They’re called “Simone Things,” a catchall phrase for the casual ease with which Simone Biles seems to soar through her sport and her life. The irony, of course, is that there’s nothing casual or easy about it. Any of it. The greatest gymnast of all time and 2019 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year only makes it seem that way. Those jaw-dropping routines that are rewriting her sport's code of points and redefining what can be done on the competition floor? Born from a mix of natural talent, hard work and a splash of ego.

This month, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast of all time when she earned five gold world medals at the World Championship on October 13. Biles’ birth mother struggled with addiction and when Biles was just three years old, she and her siblings were taken from their mother and placed in foster homes. For three years, they bounced from home to home, never feeling as though anyone saw them. Then her grandfather and his wife stepped up to adopt Biles and her sister. “Although I was young when my foster care ordeal began, I remember how it felt to...

The brother of Simone Biles, the Olympic gold medalist, was charged in a Cleveland triple-homicide, it was reported. Tevin Biles-Thomas is being charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury, reported the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Aug. 29. He was arrested and is now being held at the Cuyahoga County Jail. He will be arraigned on Sept. 13, the report said. “The relentless persistence of Cleveland police homicide detectives helped secure an indictment in this case,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor O’Malley said in a statement obtained by the paper. “It is through their hard work that we can begin to...

U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, and she also carries a rosary her mother gave her. \ Biles, who won gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition Aug. 11, an individual gold in the vault Aug. 14, and who helped lead the U.S. women to a team gold Aug. 9, with two other events still to go, made those comments to Us Weekly. “My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don’t use it to pray before...

Simone Biles has quickly become the favorite to dominate in this year’s gymnastics competitions in Rio. Her routines are nearly flawless and everyone has been in awe of her amazing skill and collected demeanor, barely flinching under the immense pressure of the judges.What is it that drives her to be the best?To answer that question, Us magazine recently asked Biles to empty her gymnastics bag in hopes of finding a secret formula to her success. While most of the contents of her bag were no surprise, the reporter noticed a white rosary that fell out. Biles explained, “My mom,...