Biles soars above the noise: Neil Humphreys

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Athletes need space, not scorn, especially in this relentless social media climate, writes NeilHumphreys olympics tokyo2020 Biles MentalHealthMatters Mentalhealth

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The schizophrenic mood swings on social media are hard to keep up with. Imagine what they must be like for modern sportspeople. Their identities change from one tweet to the next.

The remorseless nature of social media has created a 24/7 cycle of one-sided attack with no definitive filter. By all means, block a troll. Block two. But how do you block a billion? But Biles, Osaka and Schooling, to focus on just three, do live in the real world, a world beyond our comprehension. It's that binary hellhole between gushing adoration and poisonous invective. The cycle is unceasing and unbreakable. There is, quite literally, no escape.

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