Simone Biles: Seven-time OIympic medallist and 2016 champion returns to gymnastics

Olympic champion Simone Biles is ready to make a comeback to gymnastics after bowing out of a number of occasions on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to concentrate on her psychological well being.

Biles, who overcame childhood starvation and sexual abuse to turn into the world’s biggest gymnast, will participate within the annual US Classic on 5 August, in what will probably be her first competitors for the reason that Olympic Games.

She has stayed out of the limelight for nearly two years after making headlines in 2020 for withdrawing from a number of occasions.

The 26-year-old stated she was “more than her accomplishments” as she thanked followers for the “outpouring of love and support” she had obtained.

She opened up in regards to the strain she felt as one of many stars of Tokyo 2020 – shifting the main target from the video games to athletes’ total wellbeing.

The 2016 Olympic gold medallist claimed a bronze within the ladies’s steadiness beam ultimate within the Japanese capital – taking her total tally of Olympic medals to seven.

She stated she was “proud of myself” after her third-place end, including: “I’ll treasure this one a lot more after everything I have been through.”

Biles is amongst 11 Olympic and World Championships medallists within the line-up for the US Classic, set to happen on 4-5 August on the NOW Arena within the suburbs of Chicago.

Her comeback was introduced by USA Gymnastics, the US’s nationwide governing physique for the game.

USA Gymnastics chief applications officer, Stefanie Korepin, stated: “It is exciting to think about the level of talent and historical legacy of the field that may compete at US Classic.

“Every athlete is at a unique place of their season and profession, and we’ll help every of them, wherever they’re of their journey.”

Since her dramatic departure from the Olympics, Biles headlined her post-Olympic tour in autumn 2021 and likewise acquired married to former NFL star Jonathan Owens earlier this 12 months.

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The US gymnast shared a few footage of their massive day along with her 6.8m Instagram followers, captioning one photograph displaying them hand-in-hand: “I do… officially Owens.”

She has since turn into a vocal advocate for athletes in want of psychological well being help.

The US Classic has been likened to a warm-up for the nationwide championships, scheduled in San Jose in late August.

The occasion will see Biles compete alongside Sunisa Lee – the primary Asian-American girl to win Olympic gold within the ladies’s gymnastics all-around on the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Harry Kane and Jordan Pickford are amongst Premier League stars who’ve revealed how they handle their wellbeing as a part of Sky Sports documentary, Tackling the Stigma, produced in help of this 12 months’s Mental Health Awareness Week in May.

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