Simone Biles’s moves at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are a sign of what’s to come for the sport, its governing body, and its athletes
Photo: Amin Mohammad Jamali/Getty Images Today, Simone Biles learned she can protect her health first and win Olympic medals second. What did we learn?
It feels like old, weary news now, but in 2016, when a local newspaper’s reporting unearthed a vile, decades-long cover-up of sexual abuse within the national governing body of gymnastics, it blew the edifice of the whole operation right off.
Last Tuesday, Biles, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 women’s team all-around after faltering on her vault routine. Simone. The GOAT. The hero. Not only did she withdraw but she withdrew piecemeal; she withdrew one event at a time. The internet exploded. An irritated sense of “What now?” flooded the waves of commentary. Surely, this sport had no shocks left to give. But there it was: Simone the brave. Simone the quitter. Simone the advocate.
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