Simone Biles withdrew from the team gymnastics event and then said she would skip the all-around, too. 3
- Biles was widely embraced as the latest active, elite athlete who had the courage to acknowledge her vulnerability.
- Simone Biles Rejects a Long Tradition of Stoicism in Sports
- “People might have labeled an athlete mentally weak,” Hillary Cauthen, a clinical sports psychologist in Austin, Texas, said on Tuesday, hours after Biles, the greatest gymnast in history, had bowed out of the women’s team event at the Tokyo Games, and one day before she said she would also skip the all-around individual competition.
Simone Biles rechaza una larga tradición de estoicismo en el deporte.
My 2 cents opinion: Definition of stoicism the philosophy of the Stoics; indifference to pleasure or pain : IMPASSIVENESS 2 It is hard, when you are young, and facing world-wide criticism, even when breaking sports records.
Mi opinión de 2 centavos: Definición de estoicismo, la filosofía de los estoicos; indiferencia al placer o al dolor: IMPASIVIDAD. Es difícil, cuando eres joven, y te enfrentas a las críticas mundiales, incluso al batir récords deportivos.
sup>2https://www.merriam-webster.com/ 3https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/sports/olympics/simone-biles-mental-health.htmlCover Image: Aerial view of Japan National Stadium, Tokyo by Arne Müseler.
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