I can’t tell you how much it warms my heart to see these young women putting their mental health first. Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history. I don’t typically follow the Olympics, but when I heard she withdrew, I wanted to know the back story. What I learned is fascinating but not surprising.

In May of this year, she attempted a vault so dangerous the gymnastic “powers that be” limited the scoring for it. It’s called Yurcheko double pike and it’s pretty bad ass. So bad ass that not one other woman has attempted it in competition. When she executed the crowd went wild but the judges, not so much. To which Biles responded:

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