2024-08-05 10:55:19
He had to stop in the middle of the Tokyo Olympics due to mental retardation and loss of confidence. Three years later, gymnast Simone Biles returned like a phoenix and won three gold medals and a silver in Paris.
Simone Bales smiles after finishing the sports at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
The artistic gymnastics of the Paris Olympic Games 2024 ended this Monday with the last material finals: the women’s balance beam and floor, in which the American Simone Biles did not have the best day.
We fall inside beam balance left the gymnast off the podium and two out of the mat the floor placed her in second place, with the silver medal, while the gold was won by the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade.
With three gold medals (team, individual and vault) and one silver (floor), Biles has shown in Paris her recovery process from her mental health problems.
“There are times when an athlete has to be able to stop, review and change. And they are the next athletes. “Simone Biles has that power, it’s like the Phoenicians,” they thought psychologist specializing in sports and physical activity David Llopis.
For the expert, “there is a time in the life of many athletes when they need a change. There is mental fatigue, the person is empty and sports crisis periods, which are also related to personal situations, are very good times to review the athlete as a whole. “
“Simone Biles – he points out – not only shows that sometimes it is necessary to stop, but that by stopping you can recover and reach the same level you are at, a good job.”
Participate and win with a smile
Athlete Simone Biles has shown in Paris her most smile, courage and strength in the competition.
Robert AndrewsThe American gymnast, who helped him in this process to regain his confidence and to do so, encouraged him to put aside the image of the athlete who suffered, that he had fun in the competition and show it. in your outgoing exercises.
When people go through adversity, they forget their priorities. Part of the psychological work focuses on connecting with the person in question.
“We’re coming back to see the gymnast who is, the gymnast who enjoys the moment, who focuses on herself and executes each technique correctly,” said the director of the master’s degree in Sports Science at the University of Florida .
Simone Biles’ act of courage
That happiness is reflected in the videos on the networks where we see Simone Bales not only full of joy in the competition, but also in the pavilion, where he sings with his colleagues for social networks and connects with all a person with a big smile.
But to reach this state of positivism, the gymnast has had to take care of his mental health.
An improper jump by Biles in the team final in Tokyo, in 2021, was the trigger for the athlete to abandon the rest of the competitions.
“After the game I played, I don’t want to continue. I have to focus on my mental health. “I think there’s more mental health in sports now,” the gymnast said afterward.
“It is a compliment to be in front of your dream and to be able to step aside when you know that time is not good for you; College of Scientists of Madrid.
And he notes that he is also an example for other athletes who go through similar situations, he serves to “cross barriers” and eliminate taboos about mental health.
The pressure was enough for Biles to break in the middle of the competition, but the high level of demands of women’s gymnastics with hard training, having suffered eating disorders and sexual abuse in the past by the national team doctor may have also played a role. USA Gymnastics, Larry Nassar. Reasons enough to damage mental health.
Cristian Fernández said: “This is not something that happened out of the blue, it is an emotional wound that Simone Biles has been able to heal over time,” said Cristian Fernández.
A wound that is healing. Simone Biles has been reborn from the ashes, like a phoenix, and in Paris she has lit up again with the fire of Olympic gold.
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