This week, the news has been dominated by US Olympic champion Simone Biles withdrawing from Thursday’s all-around competition at the Tokyo Games to focus on her mental health. “After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition,” the USA Gymnastics team tweeted on Wednesday. “We …
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On a Tokyo Tuesday night at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, the chalk dust had just about settled from Simone Biles’ opening vault in the artistic all-round team event final. The camera inside panned to the most decorated American gymnast of all-time caught in hushed conversation with her coach, seemingly underwhelmed …
Read More »By all means feel sorry for Simone Biles, but don’t deify her – that’s what got us here in the first place
Heading into the Tokyo Games, Biles was a dead cert to add to her haul of four Olympic gold medals and was staring at a clutch of records that would burnish her claims as the greatest her sport has ever seen. Instead, the shock factor of what happened during the all-round artistic …
Read More »Simone Biles pulls out AGAIN at Tokyo 2020, gymnast withdraws from individual all-around competition final
GOLDEN GIRLS: Russian team clinch Olympic gymnastics title to end US dominance in dramatic final after Biles withdraws Biles said she was withdrawing “to focus on mental health”, which she also cited as the reason for her withdrawal from the all-around artistic final after one rotation at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Tuesday. …
Read More »‘More to life than gymnastics’: Simone Biles cites mental health concerns as she explains shock Olympic exit in Tokyo (VIDEO)
Four-time Olympic champion Biles pulled out after her opening vault at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, returning with her tracksuit on and playing no further part as the American team saw their decade-long dominance end in her absence. Biles and the US took silver in Tokyo. © Reuters Initial reports suggested …
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Over the weekend, Nina Simone’s granddaughter, ReAnna Simone Kelly, made waves after publicly blaming Harris for taking her grandmother’s estate away from the family and handing it to “white people.” Kelly further detailed her accusation in a Monday thread on Twitter where she claimed Harris and her office “put out …
Read More »Famous dress Simone Rocha now available in the heart of Moscow
English Fashion house, headed by Irish-born Simone Rocha — the heir to the fashion of the Victorian era, a fan of floral prints and restless experimenter is now getting closer to Russian fashionistas, thanks to the Russian shop and unique online platform Aizel. A new collection of the brand are …
Read More »Victorian elegance: Simone Rocha
The show of Simone Rocha spring-summer 2018 Brand Simone Rosha returned the spirit of the Victorian era to the catwalk of London fashion Week. All British traditions and British designers is not an exception. Ruffles and frills, tulle and lace a – references along English maid. These details seemed to …
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