Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has been pulled out of the team final because of a 'mental issue' after just one event following a shocking error on vault that resulted in her lowest score in years. olympicgames tokyoolympics simonebiles mentalhea...
The gymnastics superstar is no stranger at making history: earlier this year, she became the first-ever female gymnast to perform the risky and complicated Yurchenko double pike vault, stunned spectators when she made an uncharacteristic error in the team final, bailing out of the skill she had planned to do while in mid-air.
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open saying she gets"huge waves of anxiety" when dealing with press. The 23-year-old tennis ace was fined $15 000 for skipping a post-match press conference, and then pulled out of the tournament altogether when she was threatened with expulsion. Osaka feels her mental health break made it harder to deal with being the face of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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