Simone Biles clinched gold on vault and proved to everyone once again why mental health matters inside Bercy Arena on Saturday. This is her seventh Olympic gold medal.
Simone Biles clinched gold on vault and proved to everyone once again why mental health matters inside Bercy Arena on Saturday. This is her seventh Olympic gold medal and tenth Olympic medal to extend her streak. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who was the reigning vault gold medalist, earned silver, and Team USA’s Jade Carey claimed the bronze.
Biles, who withdrew from the Olympics in Tokyo due to having the twisties and mental health struggles, put in the work to get herself back to the top. She has been candid about the mental work she has put in: meeting with her therapist every Thursday and even had a meeting with her at 7 a.m. before the all-around final. Biles got a lot of flack from many television reporters and fans following the Tokyo Games, who had no clue what the twisties were. (Where your mind and body are at a disconnect and you have no control over the skills you want to perform).
She had a message to all the haters after the all-around final: “Sports hasn’t seen athletes like we’ve seen before, so you really have to give them their flowers in the sport because once they’re gone you’re going to miss them.
