Leave Simone Biles Alone

When I wrote about Naomi Osaka withdrawing from the French Open a couple of months ago, I talked about how Naomi withdrawing was a result of the press’s constant discussion of Naomi’s desire not to speak to the press during the tournament. If say Ash Barty had decided not to speak to the press, you would’ve heard it mentioned a few times and that would’ve been it.

I mention this because some of the reactions to Simone Biles withdrawing from the Team Gymnastics Final today, mostly from white men, involve people being HYPERCRITICAL of Simone and saying she let her team down.