{"id":727628,"date":"2021-09-07T17:21:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=727628"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:21:31","slug":"simone-biles-flashes-her-medals-says-she-wouldnt-change-anything-from-the-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-flashes-her-medals-says-she-wouldnt-change-anything-from-the-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles Flashes Her Medals, Says She Wouldn\u2019t Change Anything From The Tokyo Olympics"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fsimone-biles-flashes-her-medals-says-she-wouldnt-change-anything-from-the-tokyo-olympics%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=727628&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1332263093.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Simone Biles has not forgotten that many categorized her withdrawal from multiple gymnastic events at the Tokyo Olympics as the actions of a \u201cquitter.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biles was at the center of controversy in which both sides of the political aisle dug in their heels in order to either defend Biles\u2019 actions or hammer her over them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, Biles had a message for those who called her a \u201cquitter,\u201d and flashed some of her medals for good measure.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDefinitely not the way I planned the olympics going but I wouldn\u2019t change anything for the world. I\u2019m proud of myself and the career I\u2019ve had thus far. This olympics doesn\u2019t erase the past accomplishments I\u2019ve achieved nor does it define who I am as an athlete,\u201d Biles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTZ_ph6HV_u\/\">posted<\/a> to Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cI\u2019ve pushed through so much the past couple years, the word quitter is not in my vocabulary,\u201d Biles continued. \u201cFor some of you that may be how you define me but keep talking because I can\u2019t hear you over my 7 olympic medals which tied me for the most decorated gymnast EVER as well as most decorated american gymnast<\/span><span>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTZ_ph6HV_u\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-8.68\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Biles saga was one of the main talking points of the Tokyo Olympics. The champion gymnast was expected to dominate her way to multiple gold medals at the 2020 Olympic Games, but instead became the face of the mental health movement among athletes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After withdrawing from the women\u2019s all-around team competition, Biles told reporters that her \u201cmentals\u201d weren\u2019t there, and<\/span><span>&nbsp;she didn\u2019t want to jeopardize the team\u2019s chances at a medal or risk hurting herself during the event.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPhysically, I feel good, I\u2019m in shape,\u201d Biles <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/simone-biles-says-physically-she-feels-good-it-varies-emotionally-t226561?cid=sm_npd_td_tw_ma\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Hoda Kotb exclusively on TODAY after her withdrawal. \u201cEmotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming here to the Olympics and being the head star isn\u2019t an easy feat, so we\u2019re just trying to take it one day at a time and we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m OK, just super frustrated of how the night played out, but super proud of these girls that stepped up and did what they needed to do and now we\u2019re Olympic silver medalists, so it\u2019s something that we\u2019ll cherish forever,\u201d Biles said. \u201cWe hope America still loves us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biles pointed to suffering from the \u201ctwisties\u201d \u2014 a condition in which gymnasts lose where they are in the air \u2014 as to the reason behind her withdrawal from multiple events.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biles returned to competition on the balance beam, and while she was nowhere near her best, still managed to win bronze in the event.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite Biles\u2019 absence, the women\u2019s gymnastics team had some bright spots in Tokyo. Suni Lee \u2014 just 18 years old \u2014 became the fifth straight American woman to take home the gold in the all-around competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/american-success-story-who-is-all-around-gold-medal-gymnast-suni-lee\">American Success Story: Who Is All-Around Gold Medal Gymnast Suni Lee?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles has not forgotten that many categorized her withdrawal from multiple gymnastic events at the Tokyo Olympics as the actions of a \u201cquitter.\u201d\u00a0Biles was at the center of controversy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727628","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\/727628","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727628\/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=727628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}