Decorated Olympian, mental health advocate and NBC TokyoOlympics commentator Michael Phelps stressed that the event can be 'overwhelming' and shared what athletes facing the 'weight of gold' need to stay healthy physically and mentally
is showing his support for the 24-year-old gold medalist while stressing the importance of addressing mental health in competitive athletics.spoke to NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico
about the “weight of gold” that athletes, particularly Olympians, face in a high-emotion and “overwhelming” competition, with Phelps stating that Biles’ situation was one that “broke my heart.” “We need someone who we can trust,” Phelps told Tirico. “Somebody that can let us be ourselves and listen. Allow us to become vulnerable, somebody who’s not going to try and fix us. You know, we carry a lot of things, a lot of weight on our shoulders. And it’s challenging, especially when we have the lights on us and all of these expectations that are being thrown on top of us. So, it broke my heart.
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