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‘Definitely wasn’t easy’: Gymnast Simone Biles on whirlwind week before Gold Over America Tour

‘Definitely wasn’t easy’: Gymnast Simone Biles on whirlwind week before Gold Over America Tour
GREATEST OF ALL TIME AS SHE CALLS HERSELF GYMNAST SIMONE BILES AS HEADLINING THE GOLD OVER AMERICA TOUR AND SHE AND RHE TEAM WILL BE PERFORMING IN SACRAMENTO AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS SIMONE BILESIT WHDREW, OF COURSE FROM SEVERAL OF THE EVENTS AT THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES TO FOCUS ON HER MENTAL HEALTH AND SHE’S BEEN LEAST FOR NORMALIZING THE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT A LOT OF ATHLETES AND THE REST OF US FACE. SHE SPENT THE PAST MONTH RELAXING ANDAV HING SOME FUN, BUT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN JAMMED RFO BILES. SHE’S REHEARSING FOR 35 CITY TOUR. SHE CROSSED OFF A BUCKET LIST ITEM BY ATTENDING THE MET GALA WEARING AN 88 POUND DRE,SS AND SHE AND THREE FELLOW GYMNASTS ALSO HAD TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF A SENATE HEARING AUTBO THE SEXUAL ABUSE. THEY SUFFERED UNDER THE CARE OF FORMERSA U GYMNASTICS, DR. LARRY NASSAR BILES. ALSO ACCUSED THEBI F OF TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE GYMNAST RERTPOS OF ABUSE KCRA3S DEIREDR FITZPATRICK CAUGHT UP WITH SIMONE BILES THIS AFTERNOON. YOUAD H LIKEHE T HIGHEST OF HIGHS THE LOWEST OF LOWS. I MEAN, WHAT A WEEK FOR YOU. I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN A CZYRA WEEK, ESPECIALLY EMOTIONALLY PHYSICALLY DRAINING, BUT AT LEAST WE GET TO END ON THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS HERE ON THE GOLD OVER AMERICA TOUR. SO YEAH, I’M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT DEFINITELY WASN’T EASY GOING FROM THE MET GALA TO IS TO THE SENATE TO HEAR KIND OF BEEN A WHIRLWIND. THE GOLD OVER AMERICA TOUR KICKS OFF IN TUCSON, SEPTEMBER 21ST, THE GYMNASTS WILL TUMBLE THEIR WAY INTO SACRAMENTO FOR THEIR GOLDEN 1 CENTER PERFORMANCE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, AND LOOK FOR MORE OF DEIRDRE’S CONVERSATION WHIT LOAN BILES AND JORDAN CHI
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‘Definitely wasn’t easy’: Gymnast Simone Biles on whirlwind week before Gold Over America Tour
The GOAT is heading out on tour. Gymnast Simone Biles is headlining the Gold Over America Tour, which is heading to Sacramento at the end of the month.Biles withdrew from several events at the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. She’s been praised for normalizing the mental health challenges many athletes — and the rest of us — face.She’s spent the last month relaxing and having fun, but this week has been jammed for Biles.She’s rehearsing for a 35 city tour. She also crossed off a bucket list item and attended the Met Gala wearing an 88-pound dress. And she and three other gymnasts testified in front of a Senate hearing on the sexual abuse they suffered under the care of USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.Biles also accused the FBI of turning a “blind eye” to the gymnasts’ reports of abuse.“It has been a crazy week. Emotionally, physically draining. But at least we get to end on the highest of highs on the Gold Over America Tour. So I'm excited about that,” Biles told KCRA 3’s Deirdre Fitzpatrick on Friday.“But it definitely wasn't easy going from the Met Gala to the VMAs to the Senate to here. It's kind of been a whirlwind,” she said.The Gold Over America Tour kicks off in Tucson on Sept. 21, and the gymnasts tumble into Sacramento for their Golden performance on Sept. 29.You’ll also be able to find more of Deirdre’s conversation with Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles next week on the Dying to Ask Podcast.

The GOAT is heading out on tour. Gymnast Simone Biles is headlining the Gold Over America Tour, which is heading to Sacramento at the end of the month.

Biles withdrew from several events at the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. She’s been praised for normalizing the mental health challenges many athletes — and the rest of us — face.

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She’s spent the last month relaxing and having fun, but this week has been jammed for Biles.

She’s rehearsing for a 35 city tour. She also crossed off a bucket list item and attended the Met Gala wearing an 88-pound dress. And she and three other gymnasts testified in front of a Senate hearing on the sexual abuse they suffered under the care of USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Biles also accused the FBI of turning a “blind eye” to the gymnasts’ reports of abuse.

“It has been a crazy week. Emotionally, physically draining. But at least we get to end on the highest of highs on the Gold Over America Tour. So I'm excited about that,” Biles told KCRA 3’s Deirdre Fitzpatrick on Friday.

“But it definitely wasn't easy going from the Met Gala to the VMAs to the Senate to here. It's kind of been a whirlwind,” she said.

The Gold Over America Tour kicks off in Tucson on Sept. 21, and the gymnasts tumble into Sacramento for their Golden performance on Sept. 29.

You’ll also be able to find more of Deirdre’s conversation with Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles next week on the Dying to Ask Podcast.