Gymnast wins seventh Olympic medal of her careerAmerican had withdrawn from events due to mental healthSimone Biles has taken the long walk to the medal podium so many times in her career that there is not a chance that she could count all of them, but as she took it this time while dressed in her white US tracksuit and mask, it is hard to think of a medal that felt more just.
She was one of the very biggest stars of the Tokyo Games, by far the best gymnast in the world, only to find that a mental block left her physically incapable of doing the skills that had put her on a pedestal for so long. As the world speculated about her, she returned to the stadium each day and she was the loudest person in the arena, cheering on both her teammates and opponents to the biggest successes of their life without a hint of bitterness.