6/17/2023 0 Comments Simon biles![]() “But whenever you get in a high stress situation you freak out and you don’t really know how to handle all of those emotions, especially being here at the Olympic Games.” “Therapy has helped a lot as well as medicine and I feel like that’s all been going really well,” she added. There is more to life than just gymnastics”.īiles, who has been having counselling since the abuse of multiple US gymnasts by former team doctor Larry Nassar came to light, also admitted the pressure of the last few days in Tokyo had slowly begun to overwhelm her. ![]() While not ruling out a return to competition in Thursday’s all-round final, when asked what her goal for the Olympics was now, Biles simply replied: “To focus on my well-being. “But at the end of the day we want to walk out of here, not be dragged out of here on a stretcher.” “They saw I was going through it and they totally agreed it was not worth getting hurt over something so silly, even though it’s so big – the Olympics Games,” she added. She added that her coaches had 100% supported her decision. It hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.” This Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself but I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. ![]() I feel like I’m also not having as much fun. “I don’t know if it’s age and I’m a little bit more nervous when I do gymnastics. “I don’t trust myself as much as I used to,” she said. Later, however, Biles admitted that she had struggled with the demands of being one of the most famous athletes in the world, the unique pressure of these Games and the added challenge of being stuck in a Covid secure bubble. The remaining three US team members were forced to carry on without her, but Biles returned to cheer on her team-mates, who won a silver medal behind the Russian Olympic Committee, with Team GB claiming bronze.
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