{"id":1439411,"date":"2022-04-15T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439411"},"modified":"2022-04-15T01:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T05:00:24","slug":"olympic-gymnast-simone-biles-calls-quitting-olympic-events-her-biggest-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gymnast-simone-biles-calls-quitting-olympic-events-her-biggest-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles Calls Quitting Olympic Events Her &#039;Biggest Win&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-gymnast-simone-biles-calls-quitting-olympic-events-her-biggest-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439411&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Simone Biles has become nearly as famous for the Olympic events she quit as the ones she won, and now she is doubling down, saying that walking away last year was her \u201cbiggest win\u201d yet.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned gymnast became the target of criticism after she dropped out of several events at the Tokyo Summer Olympic games in 2021. The 24-year-old gymnast said she skipped the events due to her \u201cmental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biles competed in two events but bowed out of two events in Tokyo. Ultimately, she won the Silver in women\u2019s team artistic gymnastics and the Bronze in the balance beam event. The medals gave Biles a total of seven Olympic medals, which tied her with gymnast Shannon Miller for all-time best U.S. gymnasts.<\/p>\n<p>But since she walked away from some of the prestigious events last year, Biles has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/08\/03\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-simone-biles-brave-role-model-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become<\/a> the toast of the left for deferring to her \u201cmental health\u201d instead of achieving excellence in competition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AP-Photo_Jamie-Squire-640x480-1-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"Simone Biles\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Simone Biles falls during the Tokyo Olympics (Jamie Squire\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>She later took aim at the critics and insisted that bowing out of the events does not make her a quitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Olympics doesn\u2019t erase the past accomplishments I\u2019ve achieved, nor does it define who I am as an athlete. I\u2019ve pushed through so much the past couple years, the word quitter is not in my vocabulary,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/09\/07\/simone-biles-blasts-critics-i-cant-hear-you-over-my-7-olympic-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Instagram in September of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Biles is doubling down, if not tripling down, on that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalking away from the Olympic Games was a win in itself,\u201d Biles <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sports\/simone-biles-says-walking-out-of-the-tokyo-olympics-was-my-biggest-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclaimed<\/a> during the 43rd annual Simmons Leadership Conference, according to <i>People<\/i> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know a lot of people thought I failed because they expected me to go out with five or six medals, but walking out of it was my biggest win,\u201d Biles continued. \u201cI had to put myself into consideration for one of the first times throughout my career. Most of the time, I\u2019ve always put myself on the back burner, because I\u2019ve always cared and thought about everybody else before myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simone Biles Says Walking Out of Tokyo Olympics Event Was &#8216;My Biggest Win&#8217;  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQCCWlYv5u\">https:\/\/t.co\/uQCCWlYv5u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1514628552259428359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018You know what? I have to do what\u2019s best for me, what\u2019s safe, and what\u2019s healthy for me,&#8217;\u201d she said, adding that her \u201cmind and body were not in sync\u201d and going ahead to compete would have been \u201cselfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be so selfish of me to put the team\u2019s medal contention in jeopardy, put myself in jeopardy,\u201d Biles said. \u201cI had to be like, \u2018Simone, it\u2019s okay. It\u2019s not the end of the world, it\u2019s just sports. If you walk away from this and you still are walking, that\u2019s a win in your book.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She even said her decision to turn her back on the events she was signed up to play was \u201cprobably the most courageous\u201d thing she has ever done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had worked for five years and I didn\u2019t want to let that dream go,\u201d Biles explained. \u201cI had to put myself first, listen to my mind and body, what my heart was telling me to do. I had to put my pride aside and say, \u2018Okay, this isn\u2019t going to work.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biles also said that the COVID restrictions imposed on the Olympics also impacted her capacity to compete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go over to Tokyo and no audience is allowed, we\u2019re quarantined in our rooms, and can only come out for breakfast, lunch and dinner,\u201d the 25-year-old gymnast added. \u201cEveryone expected us to perform in a certain manner. There was no camaraderie, and my parents weren\u2019t able to go there. My parents haven\u2019t missed a competition in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that trying to compete under COVID restrictions was \u201creally strange for me mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles has become nearly as famous for the Olympic events she quit as the ones she won, and now she is doubling down, saying that walking away last year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}