Mumbai: Actresses Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan, and others from Bollywood have praised one of the most decorated American gymnast Simone Biles when she competed in Thursday’s all-out competition to focus on her mental wellbeing. withdrew himself.
Deepika Padukone, who herself has been quite vocal about her battle with depression, took to her Instagram handle to give a shout-out to Simone. Sharing the athlete’s news screenshot by a news outlet, she added the hashtags, “I hear you…”: “#mentalhealth”, `#mentalhealthmatters”.
Alia Bhatt also took to her Instagram story to enhance Simone’s voice. Sharing the news, she wrote, “A reminder that your mental health is just as important as your physical health. It helps to change the narrative about mental health all over the world, more power to you.”
Priyanka Chopra, who had earlier interviewed Simone Biles, showered love on the athlete for prioritizing her mental health and called her the greatest (goat) of all time. Priyanka wrote, “Simone, yesterday we were reminded why you truly are a goat, and why nothing is better than taking care of yourself… body and mind.”
Taking to his Instagram handle, Varun Dhawan wrote, “What an inspiration! An important reminder to take care of your physical as well as your mental health! A message for such tough times.”
For the uninformed, American gymnast Simone Biles has cited mental health concerns as the reason for her exit from the women’s team final at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Rio 2016 gold medalist doesn’t want to put her “health and wellness” at risk.
“Whenever you’re in a high-stress situation, you panic. I want to focus on my mental health and not put my health and well-being at risk,” CNN quoted Biles as saying.
Explaining her decision at a press conference, Biles cried, “It sucks when you’re fighting with your head.” The American gymnast said her team wanted her to go ahead and compete but she didn’t want to risk a medal.
“I was like: I guess the girls need to do the rest of the competition without me. They’re like ‘I promise you’ll be fine, we saw you warm-up.’ But I said ‘No, I know that’ I’m going to be fine, but I can’t afford a medal for the team and I need to call it quits,” Biles said.
According to USA Gymnastics, Biles withdrew from the artistic gymnastics women’s team finals, citing medical grounds.
The American took a big step on his landing, making two and a half turns out of the vault after two and a half turns. He then left the gym with a drug and minutes later removed his name from the remainder of the incident.
According to Olympics.com, although Biles withdrew from the team finals, she still qualified for the upcoming individual all-around and equipment finals. The individual all-around is scheduled for Thursday, while the equipment final will take place from August 1. 3, Biles qualified for all four: balance beam, vault, floor exercise and uneven bar. Last week, Biles became the first Olympic athlete to have her own customized hashtag emoji on Twitter.
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