The star gymnast said it was sparked by the outpouring of love and support in response to her Olympics withdrawal.
Michael Phelps, the Olympic swimming legend,to hear of the gymnast’s struggles and said he related to the pressure Biles was feeling.
“I felt like I was carrying, as Simone said, the weight of the world on your shoulders, so yeah, it’s a tough situation,” he said.she competed with a severe injury in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when she was just 14. She said Biles’s decision “demonstrates that we have a say in our own health — “a say” I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian.”“Am I good enough? Yes, I am. The mantra I practice daily,” the former first lady told Biles in a tweet. “We are proud of you and we are rooting for you.
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