Simone Biles: What's the problem?

A few months ago, we witnessed the Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka go public with the
information that she has certain problems with depression and anxiety, and that she will pause
for a while because of those problems. The Japanese woman could not cope with the pressure on
the field where a large number of people were watching her, and public appearances in front of
the media were also a problem for her. At the Olympic tournament, she obviously succumbed to
huge pressure again, so she was eliminated in the early phase of the competition and will not be
able to fight for a medal. We said before the start of the games that we should pay attention to
one girl who is one of the most successful gymnasts in the history of that sport. It is Simone
Biles, a girl who has won over 30 medals in big competitions so far.At these Olympic Games,
she had the opportunity to officially become the most successful gymnast of all time.

However, Biles will not achieve that achievement, since she withdrew from the competition at
the Olympic Games in an extremely shocking way. First, she gave up in the team competition in
the middle of the competition, and then the next day she announced that she would retire in the
individual all-around competition. She stated that she wanted to pay attention to her mental
health and that she gave up the competition because of that. The trophy-winning American
gymnast did not manage to cope with the great pressure. She had an unprecedentedly weak
performance in the team competition, and obviously, that affected her a lot, which is why she
decided to withdraw from the competition. After that decision, she received huge support. We
mentioned Osaka, we are talking about Biles and both mentioned athletes are very young.

Biles is only 24 years old and has been on just a few medals from the title of the most trophy-
winning gymnast of all time. Obviously, that created a huge pressure for her, which she could
not cope with at this moment. Sport certainly brings with it a huge dose of pressure, and it is
obvious that sometimes even the best athletes are not able to cope with that pressure in the right
way. The Americans were defeated by the Russians and that in itself is a big surprise, but in the
end, the focus was on Biles giving up. An attempt was made later to show how the American
allegedly had a problem with the injury, but that is still not true. By the way, Biles was smiling at
the award ceremony, although she gave up after a disappointing performance in the first
discipline.
That smile gave hope that she could still perform in the individual competition on Thursday, but
that will not happen. She won as many as five gold medals at the previous Olympic Games, and
the number of medals won from the world championships is difficult to count. For many, Biles is
the most dominant gymnast in the history of the sport. We will see how Biles will deal with the
mentioned problems and whether we will have the opportunity to continue watching her at big
international competitions. Biles has our tremendous support for everything she has done so far
in gymnastics, and also for her courage to admit that she has certain problems. We hope that
these problems will soon be a thing of the past and that we will have the opportunity to see her
decorated with new medals.