Mental Health Experts React To Gymnast Simone Biles Withdrawing From Tokyo Olympics
"I mean the pressure is there, you can't avoid it, and you're in constant comparison with other athletes," said clinical social worker Kimberly Williams.
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"I mean the pressure is there, you can't avoid it, and you're in constant comparison with other athletes," said clinical social worker Kimberly Williams.
Messages of positivity and support were sent Biles' way from across the sports landscape after she withdrew from the team final this morning citing a mental health issue.
Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently suffering an injury during the vault.
Simone Biles' Olympic encore is finally here.
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Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles headlines the six-woman group Team USA will send to the 2018 world championship in Doha, Qatar later this month.
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Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she is among the athletes sexually abused by a now-imprisoned former USA Gymnastics team doctor.
Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is ready to get serious about her comeback. Biles won four gold medals during the 2016 games and plans to return to competition.
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Stardom, the kind that truly changes a life, awaits Simone Biles as the 2016 Olympics creeps closer.
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The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
A U.S. Marine veteran from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.
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The Perseid meteor shower is the best viewing all year, according to NASA.
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A U.S. Marine veteran from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.
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