Simone Biles is an American elite gymnast who is one of the most decorated and dominant gymnasts of all time. She is an advocate for athlete’s mental health and often considered a symbol of women’s empowerment.
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Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, along with drive to succeed no matter the obstacle, are what brought her to the national spotlight during the Olympic Games and have catapulted her ever...
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A leak of the U.S. Olympic gold medal–winning gymnast’s medical information forced her to disclose that she has ADHD and uses medication for it. Dr. Jennifer Ashton is live to discuss the medication’s effects.
By withdrawing from competition citing concerns over her mental health, Biles showed that resisting expectations can be more powerful than persisting through them.
The world’s best gymnast doesn’t need to look invincible.
Simone Biles may be one of the greatest athletes in the world—but that doesn’t stop her from eating pizza all the time. She talks to Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric about having a healthy body image, even despite being once being called fat by a rival coach.
A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack.
Simone Biles’s withdrawal from competitions at the Tokyo Olympics has put renewed focus on mental health in sports. WSJ looks at how the stigma and treatment for athletes’ state of mind has shifted.
She looked for all the world like a woman who could not be cowed. And then just when her many detractors thought she was out for good, she pulled herself back in.
Simone Biles talks about how she beat the odds to win Olympic gold.
This is clearly not a matter of an athlete struggling with technical aspects of a skill or not being physically prepared. There’s something else at work here.
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