The topic of mental health, growing in frequency in sports over the past year, was everywhere at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, a day after Biles made her decision to not compete in the all-around.
TOKYO — Brittney Griner has long been open about her ongoing battle with depression, an ailment that triggered suicidal thoughts when she was younger and last year drove her out of the WNBA bubble because the isolation was too much to handle.
Olympians in many sports have spent“This Olympic Games has not only had a conversation about mental health, but now has movement in the right direction of mental health support," U.S. swimmer Allison Schmitt said after the Americans won silver in the 4x200 freestyle relay.: “the outpouring love & support I’ve received has made me realize I’m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before.
“We are in an era where everybody has access to us,” Lillard said. “In the past, being a professional athlete or being an Olympian, you were in front of the world but everybody couldn’t just tweet you and everybody couldn’t slander you on Twitter and you become a trending topic and talk about you on Instagram and the Internet just wasn’t such a powerful place.”
Across the Games, here is some of the other discussion about mental health heard among Olympians on Thursday:The three-time U.S. Olympian and six-time national champion will retire following next week's parallel bars final and plans to attend grad school. A gymnast for most of his 28 years, Mikulak said he's considering a career as a mental health professional.
“I’ve spent a lot of time trying to develop a self-love and self-care that can power me through stressful times,” Press said. "We all have history and baggage. And I think as people, knowing that it is our responsibility to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves first, can really help us take care of each other in a more beautiful way.”The Irish Olympic golfer welcomes the conversations. To him, they're like any other health discussions — and shouldn't have a stigma attached.
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