Sparked by Simone Biles, athletes at Paris Olympics to have vast mental health resources

History teaches us that movements require a moment. Nothing crystallized the cause of civil rights like Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955. For the plight of the mental health of athletes, the moment came when Simone Biles gave up her seat at the Tokyo Olympics. Biles’ message upon her exit—athletes must heed the needs of their minds as well as their bodies before risking “what the world wants us to do”—was a clarion call that echoes at the doorstep of another Olympics. The message resonated with Ilona Maher, a U.S. Rugby Read More