Finding the 'happy bubble': Mental health key for Olympians
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Summary
The discussion was amplified when U.S. superstar gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from competition at the Tokyo Olympics, choosing her own health and well-being over the demands to perform.Biles’ courage prompted Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history and an athlete who has been up front about his mental health struggles, to proclaim “it’s OK to not be OK.”“It was a public education,” McCann said of those mental health revelations. It was helpful for the athletes but also important for the public to hear those messages: Have more compassion and empathy with what the athletes are going through.Matt Whitcomb, head coach for the U.S. cross country ski team, said tevery athlete works with a sports psychologist. All Olympic sports come with pressure, though McCann notes that biathlon is “crazy”: “It’s two sports that don’t belong together.”Endurance athletes have the mentality to go as hard and fast as they can, he said.
As said here by MARTHA BELLISLE