Simone Biles Talks Mental Health in New Docuseries Trailer: ‘I Wanted to Quit Like 500,000 Times’

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'Simone Biles Rising,' chronicles Biles' return to gymnastics after suffering a mental break and pulling out of several Tokyo Olympics competitions.

, a four-part documentary chronicling the gymnast’s return to the Olympics, on Wednesday. The preview drops a month ahead of the Paris Olympics, in which Biles plans to compete.a term gymnasts use to describe a disorienting condition that inhibits their ability to twist. In the trailer, Biles wipes away tears as she reflects on the unexpected exit from the 2021 Olympics and the mental stress she experiences as a world-renowned athlete.

“I wanted to quit like 500,000 times,” Biles said in the trailer, “and I would have if it weren’t for my people.” Biles spent two years out of competition after winning four gold medals at the 2016 Olympics. Biles has also spoken up about scandal. In a 2021‘Lawyers, Judges, Technology’: Roger Stone Touts Plan for Trump Win in Secret RecordingHow the Story So Far Fought Through Grief to Create Their New Album“To do something that I’ve done forever and just not be able to do it because of everything I’ve gone through is really crazy because I love this sport so much,” Biles said. “It’s hard. I’m sorry.

The documentary, directed by Katie Walsh, also features interviews with Biles’ husband and Chicago Bears player Jonathan Owens, mother Nellie Biles, and Olympic medalist and gymnast Aly Raisman. The documentary premieres July 17.

 

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