{"id":3044,"date":"2021-07-29T19:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2021-09-02T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:01:23","slug":"i-have-to-do-whats-right-for-me-simone-biles-courageous-exit-from-the-team-usa-olympic-finals-puts-focus-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/2021\/07\/29\/i-have-to-do-whats-right-for-me-simone-biles-courageous-exit-from-the-team-usa-olympic-finals-puts-focus-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles’ Courageous Exit from the Olympics’ Finals Puts Focus Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has become a role model for prioritizing her own mental health over a medal.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, Biles announced that she would not participate in the Olympic finals. The reason? To focus on her mental health.<\/p>\n

A statement issued from the governing body read \u201cAfter a further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games, in order to focus on her mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n

For years, Biles was one of the very best at focusing on winning gold. Dominating the Games. However, with Biles being the centerpiece of the Olympics, for Team USA, the pressure took a toll, and as the gymnast was doing her first rotation of Tuesday\u2019s finals, she bailed midair on her standard vault, a two-and-a-half twisting Yurchenko, lost track of her own motion and finished just one-and-a-half twist.<\/p>\n

Her decision to no longer participate in the finals led to a discussion on mental health. Something that isn\u2019t quite spoken about at the games. This started conversations among her fellow Olympians on the hardships of performing on the world\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times,\u201d wrote Biles in a post on Instagram<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn\u2019t affect me but d*mn sometimes it\u2019s hard hahaha!\u201d<\/p>\n

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