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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 7: Simone Biles, Olympic gold medal gymnast and mental health advocate, listens as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before awarding Presidential Medals of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House July 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Biden awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 recipients. The award honors individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Olympic gymnast Simone Biles shared what she was given on a plane...

President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people, including former Rep. Gabby Giffords, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and U.S. soccer player Megan Rapinoe, the White House announced Friday. Biden will present the medals at a White House event on July 7. The medals, the country’s highest civilian honor, are awarded at the discretion of the president to people who have made a significant cultural impact or great contributions to the country or world. Biden will also awards medals to actor Denzel Washington; Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen Muslim U.S. Army captain; and Sandra...

Biles parroted the slogan 'your body, your choice,' with a series of eye-roll emojis responding to those who 'gonna say ‘just put it up for adoption’.'The Simone Biles news cycle seems to have come to a disappointing end. In the beginning, she entered the Olympics as America’s gymnast champion. Then, out of the blue, she removed herself from the team competition as well as the all-around individual competition.This sparked controversy over whether she was a hero modeling good mental health or a selfish quitter. For all that, she did eventually compete once more on the balance beam to win bronze...

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Simone Biles has won bronze in the women's balance beam final after pulling out of other events at the Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health issues. The star gymnast received a score of 14.000 in her return to competition, placing her behind Chinese gymnasts Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing. It was the seventh Olympic medal for Biles, tying her with Shannon Miller for the most ever for an American gymnast. "I didn't expect a medal today, I just wanted to go out there for me and that's what I did," Biles told reporters after receiving the bronze. Teammate Suni Lee placed...

Simone Biles has become embroiled in the controversy over an American athlete who launched a protest from the Olympic medal winner’s podium. She has thrown her support behind the athlete who is now under Olympic investigation over the gesture. Shot putter Raven Saunders raised her arms above her head on the podium and formed an 'X' with her wrists on Sunday night as she claimed her silver medal.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from her third individual apparatus final of the Olympics, leaving only one event where she can choose to compete. Biles on Sunday withdrew from the floor exercise final, which was scheduled for Monday, U.S.A. Gymnastics said in a statement. She had previously said that she would not compete in the uneven bars or vault finals, which are scheduled for Sunday night. Her last potential event in the Tokyo Games would be the balance beam, and U.S.A. Gymnastics said she would make a decision soon. “Either way, we’re all behind you, Simone,” the organization said in a...

Is there anyone who has not voiced an opinion on Simone Biles stepping aside from Olympic competition by now? I'll add to the deluge by saying: Thanks be to God she is where she is. She was once a child in foster care. Her grandparents decided to adopt her, and that made all the difference. May her presence in the news shine a light on all the children in foster care who aren't yet success stories because they do not have the gift of a family to help make all the difference in their lives. Biles writes about that defining...

This is the first time I can remember an Olympic Games with so little media conversation around it. With the exception of the Simone Biles incident, people seem less inclined to pay attention. Advertisers are fretting as well that attention has declined and viewership is down. One of the natures of a monopoly is there is very little incentive to provide a great product at a low price. It is a reason government-run entities tend to come in overbudget with a worse product than private sector entities. With no competition, there is no reason to innovate, improve or seek efficiencies....

As Sunisa Lee celebrates her gold medal win in the women's gymnastics all-around final today, the Team USA star has become an instant household name — but who is the 18-year-old gymnast who took the top spot in her first-ever Olympics Games? Sunisa, who hails from Minnesota, is the daughter of Laotian refugees who fled the country in the wake of the Vietnam War — and she's also the first Hmong-American to represent the United States at the Olympics. Her road to the Games wasn't an easy one, with the star persevering through personal tragedy after her father was paralyzed...

Simone Biles is an American hero. She is not a hero for pulling out of these (likely her last) Olympics. Rather she is a hero for everything she’s done leading up to these Olympics where stunningly impressive athletic specimens like Charlie Kirk, Seth Dillon & Matt Walsh have mercilessly hammered her. Without mercy and with a bit too much glee they are engaging a fight for fight’s sake. They are also either purposefully ignoring or ignorantly unaware of some rather important relevant facts. One of the most simple of which is, do they have even an inkling of what it...

On Wednesday, two-time losing Democrat candidate for president Hillary Clinton jumped to her Facebook account to praise USA Gymnast Simone Biles on the heels of her decision to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics. On Wednesday, Biles announced that she was pulling out from the all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Her decision caused a storm of criticism that sparked many of the gymnast’s supporters to defend her defense.

Simone Biles, the superstar gymnast from the U.S., will not participate in the individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Games and will instead focus on her mental well-being, USA Gymnastics said in a statement early Wednesday. The decision comes a day after she pulled out of the team all-around competition. Jade Carey, who finished ninth in qualifying, will take Biles’ place in the individual all-around competition. "After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games," USA Gymnastics said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday night. "We wholeheartedly support Simone's...

Simone Biles is the golden girl, interrupted, of the Tokyo Olympics. America’s beloved gymnast announced Tuesday that she was withdrawing from the team competition following a “stunning breakdown” at the long-delayed 2020 Olympics, citing mental health issues — and not an injury — that were exacerbated by the pressure to be “head star” at the summer games. After her unexpected departure, the USA women’s gymnastics team ended up taking home the silver medal without 24-year-old Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medalist. However, the decision to focus on competing for her own well-being instead of medals — while jarring to many...

<p>Simone Biles on Tuesday withdrew from the Olympic women’s gymnastics competition due to concerns about her mental health. Now, the most decorated female gymnast is receiving an outpouring of criticism and vitriol from people who couldn’t do so much as a cartwheel if their lives depended on it.</p>

I always thought the Olympics was supposed to be about competing, and winning, for your country. As an American, the Olympic Games always felt like a unique opportunity to utterly defeat other countries and prove, again and again, that the USA is the greatest country on earth, and other countries suck.Apparently, things have changed. For some U.S. athletes, the Olympics has become all about them.Simone Biles, the best gymnast in the world and the erstwhile star of Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, abruptly quit on Tuesday after botching a vault. Her unexpected withdrawal from the women’s team gymnastics final...

Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles pulled out of the team finals on Tuesday after struggling to land a vault, telling NBC’s “TODAY” show that while she feels good physically, things “vary” from an emotional standpoint. “Physically, I feel good,” she told Hoda Kotb in an exclusive interview after her withdrawal. “Emotionally, it varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn’t an easy feat.”

Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles took a cue from tennis pro Naomi Osaka by pulling out of the team final after a shock error on her first event, insisting that she needed to 'focus on her mental health' because 'there is more to life than just' sport. Speaking about her sensational exit from competition, which cleared the way for Team USA's Russian rivals to claim gold in a dramatic upset, the 24-year-old revealed that it came as a result of her personal mental health struggles and her desire to prioritize her 'wellbeing'. 'To focus on my wellbeing,' she told reporters of...

Simone Biles pulled out of the finals of the gymnastics team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, dealing a massive blow to Team USA’s chances of securing the gold medal as they face a resurgent Russian team. Biles left the competition floor after completing her first apparatus on the vault, the New York Times reported. Biles, who was supposed to do a Yurchenko with two-and-half twists on the vault, pulled out only after one-and-a-half twist and then stumbled on the landing. It’s unclear if the gymnast, widely considered the greatest of all time, was injured during the event.

Dr. Turley discusses Simone Biles and the other woke members of the US women's gymnastics team. He also goes on to discuss why patriotism is important and why being woke leads to losing.