ForSimone Biles, the upcomingSummer Olympicsare about so much more than the medals.
“I just feel like [with] everything that happened, I had tocome back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen,” Biles told Kotb, 56.
She continued, “Because I feel like if there weren’t a remaining survivor in the sport, they would’ve just brushed it to the side.”
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Simone Biles.Today Show Twitter
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“Since I’m still here and I havequite a social media presenceand platform, they have to do something,” Biles told Kotb on Wednesday. “So I feel like, coming back, gymnastics just wasn’t the only purpose I was supposed to do.”
“I don’t think I knew [that was part of my reason], either, but I feel like gymnastics wasn’t the only thing I was supposed to come back for,” she added.
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Since Nassar’s sentencing, Biles has become an outspoken voice for change within USA Gymnastics. The athlete hasn’t held back in her criticism of the organization, evenclapping back at a birthday tributethey posted in her honor in March 2020.
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source: people.com
