‘Courage to Soar’: The return of Simone Biles
Updated On: 07 August, 2023 10:31 PM IST | Srijanee Majumdar
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, ended her two-year hiatus on Saturday as she won the US Classic in Chicago
Simone Biles (Pic: AFP)
She spent two years trying to wither away from those strange days in Tokyo and all the outside noise that came along with it. She dove into therapy and slowly, rather very slowly, returned to training even though she wavered on whether she was really up for a third Olympics and all of the pressure and expectations that come with it when you are regarded the ‘greatest of all time’.
It wasn’t until mid-spring that she committed to training seriously after talking about it over margaritas with her coaches. It wasn’t until late June that she committed to Saturday night’s U.S. Classic.
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