As Simone Biles' decision to withdraw from competition at the Tokyo2020 Olympics sent shockwaves around the world, one facet in particular stood out to former Olympic gymnasts: that she had the power to make that decision for herself.
about Biles,"Thank you for creating a safer space for current and future athletes to unequivocally be themselves."
"I think gymnastics has had no choice over the past couple of years than to change," said Wieber, who won team Olympic gold in 2012."And a lot of coaches are being pushed to look at, you know, what their own coaching style is and look at how it is affecting their athletes long term and make some adjustments."Jordyn Wieber competes on the balance beam during day 4 of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials at HP Pavilion, July 1, 2012, in San Jose, California.
But there's still a ways to go both culturally and in examining what USAG did or didn't do about abuse by Nassar and others, added Wieber, who was abused by Nassar and coached by John Geddert, whoNoting that no one knows what Biles, who was also abused by Nassar, is going through at the Olympics but herself, Wieber said of competing for USAG,"I can take some guesses and imagine that it's probably difficult to represent an organization like USA Gymnastics for her, an...
She continued,"I'm just making assumptions here, but I can imagine that it, it adds to the weight of what she carries with her every day of having to represent that organization."
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