Flag bearers Sofya Velikaya and Maxim Mikhaylov of Team ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) participate in the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick Smith/Getty Images Flag bearers Sofya Velikaya and Maxim Mikhaylov of Team ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) […]
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‘Never thought I would compete again’
Following a turbulent Olympic Games in 2021, gymnast Simone Biles stepped away from the sport she dominated for years. She suffered a series of setbacks during qualifications during the COVID-19 delayed Tokyo Olympics. Biles later took to social media, where she wrote that she felt “the weight of the world on [her] shoulders,” at the […]