"Simone Biles Exits Olympic Team Gymnastics Final, Citing Mental Health"
"Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team event on Tuesday, citing mental health issues after having difficulty during the opening vault. “Once I came out here, I was like, no the mental is not there,” she told reporters, per ESPN’s Michele Steele. “I had to let the girls do it.” Team USA went on to win a silver medal in the event, with the Russian team taking gold.
USA Gymnastics initially said that Biles pulled out from the team final “due to a medical issue.” But in interviews after the event, the 24-year-old clarified that she is physically uninjured but wasn’t in the right place mentally to compete.
“Physically, I feel good, I’m in shape,” she told NBC News’s Hoda Kotb. “Emotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming here to the Olympics and being the head star isn’t an easy feat, so we’re just trying to take it one day at a time and we’ll see.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/simone-biles-out-tokyo-olympics-team-gymnastics-final.html .
Boo.