Simone Biles empathizes with Ilia Malinin
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Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in the sport's history, went on NBC's TODAY show on Tuesday and discussed numerous topics, including her support of American figure skater Ilia Malinin after his eighth-place finish in the Winter Olympics.
The concept of pressure or high expectations is not unique to Malinin, though Olympic athletes vary with their mechanisms for dealing with it.
Simone Biles knows how much pressure athletes face during the Olympics. In fact, the iconic United States gymnast once had to pull out right in the middle of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At that time, Biles revealed that the immense psychological pressure had gotten to her,