US athletes across the Games have shown support for gymnastics star Simone Biles after she withdrew from the Olympics to focus on her mental health.
‘I can only imagine the immense amount of pressure she is under’ said gold medal surfer Carissa Moore, ‘she is on every commercial, and billboard, and bag I see, and she is, like, touted as she is gonna win everything, like, how crazy is that? … she has handled it beautifully.’
Swimmer Erica Sullivan added that ‘people fail to recognise that she is also a human being. So, you know, so much heart love, just good vibes her way’