American gymnast Simone Biles watches the action after she exited the team final on Tuesday.
It's another busy day in Tokyo, but the tremors from Tuesday's surprises at the Olympics are still resonating. Here's what you need to know.Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka are changing the conversation at the Olympics. Both athletes didn't perform to their usual standards on Tuesday. Neither has been afraid to open up about their mental health — an often taboo subject in the high-pressure world of competitive sports.
Ariarne Titmus took care of business in the 200m freestyle, setting an Olympic record to win her second gold of the Games, while US star Katie Ledecky crushed the field to win gold in the first-ever women's 1500m freestyle.As the sun rose over Tokyo on the fifth official day of the Olympics, hosts Japan remained atop the medal table.While it may be early days and even unlikely that lead will hold, Japanese athletes have put on an impressive display so far.
They've been particularly dominant in judo, with five golds, and the new sports and those that have come back after a hiatus — taking gold in women's softball and men's and women's street skateboarding; silver in men's surfing; and bronze in women's surfing and women's street skateboarding. That success may just be translating into Olympics excitement. Polls have consistently shown that the Games have been overwhelmingly unpopular among the Japanese public amid health and safety concerns, but
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She needs to just come home and get help
She was fucking up, so she flopped. Great athlete once upon a time, yes. Great teammate, no.
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This was a very nice article clarifying why without mental readiness gymnastics can lead to sever injuries. I hope people appreciate this and stop using their right to free speech to judge her.
Some can handle the pressure, some can't. Complicate it all you want but its really that simple. A shame really
I'm sick of hearing Biles name when we have other athletes who earned the attention that she is getting. Our swim team has done a hell of a job! Our athletes who knew they weren't going to medal but still gave their ALL deserve the attention, but not this sore loser!!
I'm personally glad she did. Gymnastics or anything else doesn't define her as a person. She's already a champion and people need to recognize it and support her, not keep expecting greatness out of her. Simone
She might regret this later in life, very few get this opportunity
Nice going
Am wondering why CNN has not twitted praises about the other 3 girls who help her get a silver medal 🥈 , 🤔but praise SB who left them hanging.
Is this when sarcastiball begins?
I was just thought but maybe I’m wrong she was coerced lol by ROC not to compete.
Way too much for her to handle hopefully she can get some professional help🙏🙏
I’m pretty sure most of the people up in arms don’t even follow the Olympics or mental health. They just see this as another subject to disagree on. Leave this Olympic champion alone.
Watch her interviews on 60 minutes in February and the one she did with Hoda. She’d been saying it all along. She didn’t think she was mentally prepared for the olympics. She shouldn’t have gone and let another hard working gymnast go in her stead.
“withdrawn” …. In this case “QUIT”. Call a spade a spade and don’t soft peddle.
Good!!! Buh bye. Let girls who want to compete get the spotlight. Just another Olympic has been!!!
Bravo Simone! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
Classy lady and always a champion. Glad to see her speaking out on mental health issues and being an example to other young women. Nothing but respect for her.
Lost in the comments is that she made a decision that was best for the team. In addition to protecting her physical well-being, she knew that her performance could potentially drag the entire team off the medal stand.
Ms. Biles should take care of herself. Better for her to do that than injure herself on the floor. She's established herself as great athlete, no need for her to worry about her legacy
She will make more money and be more famous for what she has done. She’ll be the face of mental illness. A book & movie will follow. Sad she fell short of placing self over team.
When the going get's tough, the tough get going. Sorry, but it's all part of the sport, any sport.
I support her 💯. People are more important than medals, scores, or titles. She is more than just a gymnast, or teammate, or role model. She is a human being.
Lol
The Olympics are way past their prime.
She’s got a lot of LeBron in her. Self proclaimed GOAT that spits the bit when the going gets tough.
Pathetic!!
The really sad part is that most all star athletes spend every minute of their lives getting ready for the olympics. Lost…..a normal childhood which is what paves the way to becoming they type of adults we will be. Next…..suffering from depression and mental illness.
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Bummer! I wanted her to win.
If that’s what she needed to do for her then 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Quitter
Geez! Enough already! Go home.
I mean, shes at the level of athlete where you gotta figure it out mentally. Especially on the stage she’s on. in inexcusable to quit on your team, on yourself at the olympics. Imagine if Lebron in gm7 of the finals said “sorry boys can’t do it i’m not mentally there it’s on you”
Weak, disgraceful.
Having to do porn in ten years might require some mental breaks, too
JoeBiden FBI Jamaica need your help with crime and violence clearly they not doing a good job and it’s getting out of hand 🤚 HELP IS NEEDED
U all think she will withdraw if her performance was top and was getting a gold? decision was made so USA USA doesnt get an aluminum medal.......possibly wasnt even her choice.
Welcomed pressure by putting picture of goat on uniform. Now pressure is too much? Seems to me she got the yips and was performing poorly and she didn't want to taint her legacy as the self proclaimed GOAT. Since when did being nervous and afraid of failing become 'mental health'
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Unfortunately, now this is all that she will ever be remembered for.
She needs to do what is best for her. She has nothing to prove to anyone and is the Greatest of All Time! Take care of yourself we all love you❣️
Whining entitled little diva. Oh..... and waste of space.
Diva.
Ok for the trolls knocking her, you don't know the state of her mental health. You could give her the benefit of the doubt and assume some with that much work in, it must be serious. Or you could be an A-hole and let your natural tendencies show through.
She was failing coming up short something she’s not used of doing and losing it got to her, so what she did quit. Her mental health had nothing to do with it, if that was saving her teammates never heard of it strange, to me it’s a weak sorry ass move.
I used to work at the OTC in Sports Science Ctr. All neg commentators have NO IDEA what Olympic athletes go through to do what they do. You 'think' you do, but honestly you don't. They have Sports psychologists at OTC for this very reason. So armchair it all you want, clueless.
I get it the stress could have been too much. What I don't get is why she was awarded the silver medal with the rest of the team.
Simone, I completely understand and am praying for you🙏 please stand strong !!!
Imagine if Phelps did this- I wonder how the reaction would have been towards a white hetero sexual man.
She owes us nothing & needs to do what's best for her. I applaud you Simone_Biles We ❤🤍💙You
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The white athletes are at fault!! Of course, who else.
Good for her! SimoneBiles hero
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Enough already!.. She cant handle sport at that level, thats all!
What ever
Hope she gets better
How about we give the purple heart award to soldiers who run from battle too then. Mental health geeeze!
If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen. These are the times when the great ones leave no doubt. Tiger, Jordan, Brady, Gretzky would never do this.
I wish her all the best! She is a power woman and We need to respect her decision. There is a time to train, a time to perform, but there is also time to step back, rest and heal. Tokyo2020 TokyoOlympicGames TeamGB TeamN
Her body, her mind, her mental health, her profession, her business! 🤫 TeamUSA SimoneBiles
I am an Egyptian young man, please, I am not a bad person. Please, I want to talk to the president of America, I want to learn, I want help from him, please, I am a poor Egyptian young man, please, I want help
It was nice of her to tell us at the press conference that she is the 'Main Star of the Olympics' because we -the rest of the world - didn't know! 😄😁😆😅😂🤣
Such actions only devalue the Olympic medals. Many, if not all, put everything on the line: health, personal relationships, careers, and everything for the OI gold. And this is normal, because this is a sport of high achievements. Lacking mental protection and strong nerves?
Who? I stopped paying attention to the olympics when the tv coverage became 90% commercials and “human interest stories”.
Pressure just got to her. Plain and simple. Would you naysayers rather have seen her succumb to competition and have a breakdown in front of the world? The Women still got silver which is amazing considering. Support the team. Go USA!
This all comes from the woke idea that competition is harmful and wrong .. started with banning sports day at schools
They don't want her to outdo and win cause she's a soldier And they want a competition cause they won't win and that's good because the virus over there good job girl
I think it’s more about all the 🐐 shit she talks. Can’t be self proclaimed and not show
The mental gymnastics of making this all sound like she's super woke and strong for quitting baffles me.
cause ?
Good on her. She’s given her all and for me her health is more important than winning a medal.❤️
Who cares girl just be quitter u are wow no shocker there lol 😆
She has sucked bad the entire games….. notagoat ……
This is so sad. After all this physical preparation and training, she just can’t get her mental game going.
Ok, so we can all agree then that she is not the greatest gymnast of all time. She's great, sure, but not the greatest. Nothing wrong with that.
I feel for her but she’s become a huge distraction. Not fair to her teammates!!
Well let's hope your not 36,000 feet up in the air and the pilot decides he's having a mental well-being problem and decides not to fly the plane
Are and will always be the best !!! best I've ever seen and that includes Nadia. Best wishes from Australia 🦘
So she competed for the Olympics (earned) but took a once in a lifetime spot that could have gone to another gymnast, quits at game time and walks away with millions in endorsement $$$’s
辣鸡媒体就是辣鸡
Too many relying on reflected glory to get through life. Leave the girl alone
when they reach that age they are no longer the same person who lives, but the mind controls their way of acting and when you do it; can lose mind control ... It is similar when being angry uncontrollably. And in this he needs a deep mental psychology
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That’s selfish! Could’ve sent someone else.
The comments here show she was highly under appreciated.
Nothing but respect for simonebiles ! One‘s health should always come first!
Giving everyone a chance I see
Hope the gymnast is pulling a tincup would be so awesome.
Way to selfishly take up a spot that someone else could have be selected for to fulfill their dream of making the team. You lose so you quit.... Have lost all respect for you.
She’s done more than any critics has done in their lifetime....combined!!!
Darn. I was hoping she could do it one more time. Oh well. Plenty of opportunity for the others now, and I hope she takes care of herself. She’s given a lot to the sport.
Good! Too much fake drama! Blacks are quieting on America!
She does not owe anyone a medal. Good for her for recognizing that her mental health and well being is way more important than a medal.
She's a Queen
Still the GOAT! She’s very strong!
Noooo 😭😭
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