Simone Biles' withdrawal is more impressive than winning
(theweek.com)
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quitter. Practically the whole generation too.
We overglorified showing weakness in comfort. That weakness became a fashion.
That’s some bullsh!t.
My daughter is a gymnast. 10 years old. Four 4-hour practices each week (16 hrs), since she was 6.
Simone Biles has put in more time for her sport than you can imagine.
She’s not gonna “quit.”
"But Biles, a survivor of Larry Nassar, has never been dishonest with her fans about her motivations. In an interview with Today's Hoda Kotb in April, Biles said that she was returning to the Games in Tokyo not out of a drive to prove herself as the greatest gymnast ever, but because "I feel like if there weren't a remaining survivor in the sport, they would've just brushed it to the side." Her return to the mat is as much about accountability as it is competition."