Tokyo 2020: Biles also retires from the free body competition
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December 09, 2021Simone Biles was named athlete of the year by 'Time' magazine.
The reason for the recognition given by the famous Manhattan-based newspaper is that Biles, "with the eyes of the world on him, took the extraordinary step of saying: enough".
The reference is to the Tokyo Games, when the gymnast, during competitions in progress and motivating her retirement from the finals of various specialties, spoke of her "inner demons", or anxiety disorders and the "twiestis", sudden mental blocks that made her losing orientation during the exercises, and explained that he wanted to focus "on mental health and my well-being".