Simone Biles is applauding Naomi Osaka for speaking up about mental health. 👏
, but both athletes have used their international platform to promote a conversation that's more important than a medal: speaking out on the importance of athletes protecting and prioritizing their mental health.
Despite entering the Tokyo Games as a gold medal favorite in nearly every event, Biles walked away with just her team silver and a bronze on the balance beam. She made the difficult decision tofrom the team competition, the all-around and the majority of her individual events for her own mental health after coming down with a case of what gymnasts refer to as"the twisties," which causes them to lose their position in the air on complex jumps and can lead to devastating injury.
On the biggest stage in the world, with one of the biggest targets in Olympic history on her back, it had to have been an agonizing decision. But it's one Biles"Obviously, there are still a lot of feels and emotions behind it, but as far as my Olympic experience goes, it was very unique and there is nothing like it," she said while sitting down with her U.S. Gymnastics teammates on Wednesday, ahead of their nationwide.
Osaka was also in the spotlight in Tokyo, after withdrawing from several tennis tournaments leading up to the Olympics -- also citing the importance of prioritizing her mental health and speaking out against her sport's policy of requiring athletes to participate in press conferences in order to compete. She represented Japan in the Games, and
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