Simone Biles Had an Unforgettable Olympics – The Wall Street Journal

She had a little more left.

Now Simone Biles leaves these Summer Olympics with a final medal, an individual bronze on the balance beam—adding it to her silver in the team event, and, much more importantly, an indelible moment in the overdue discussion of mental health. 

It’ll prove to be an essential part of Biles’s legacy. We didn’t get the expected parade of golds, but something better was revealed: the whole Simone Biles. 

Until her decision to enter Tuesday’s beam competition, Biles looked to be out the door in Tokyo. After her stunning withdrawal during last week’s team competition, citing concerns about her state of mind, there had been a steady, downbeat drip of cancellations. Biles opted out of events she’d dominated. She was out of the all-around. Then the vault. Then the floor exercise.

No one would have been shocked if Biles had said “no thanks” to the beam, too.