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Simone Biles credits therapy as central to her Paris Olympics performance
Three years after Tokyo, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history puts mental health work back on the global stage.
Coming off six Paris medals, Simone Biles told ABC News that the consistent, ongoing therapy work she began after her Tokyo 2020 withdrawal was central to what she was able to do in Paris — not a one-off intervention but a maintenance practice.
Biles' public posture continues to shift the script for elite athletes around mental health: not a confession, not a crisis, just part of the training stack.
Read ABC News' full interview for her own words on the practice and the team's mental health staff.
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