in this world of massive, anxiety inducing challenges, many of us find a refuge in sport. our love of sport has turned elite professional athletes into icons. we admire their physical prowess and their winning mentality. but this year we ve seen that star sportspeople, just like the rest of us, are human, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and discrimination. we ve seen it in team sports like football and cricket, and also in individual sports like gymnastics. are you saying that throughout your amazing success as one of america s greatest gymnast 0lympians, you were driven by fear, you were competing out of fear? yes, absolutely. because i felt like nothing besides a gold medal. ..was enough, and i think that even sometimes the way that the pressure, even
in sport. our love of sport has turned elite professional athletes into icons. we admire their physical prowess and their winning mentality. but this year, we ve seen that star sportspeople, just like the rest of us, are human, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and discrimination. we ve seen it in team sports like football and cricket, and also in individual sports like gymnastics. are you saying that throughout your amazing success as one of america s greatest gymnast 0lympians, you were driven by fear, you were competing out of fear? yes, absolutely. because i felt like nothing besides a gold medal. ..was enough, and i think that even sometimes the way that the pressure, even
we admire their physical prowess and their winning mentality. but this year we ve seen that star sportspeople, just like the rest of us, are human, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and discrimination. we ve seen it in team sports like football and cricket, and also in individual sports like gymnastics. are you saying that throughout your amazing success as one of america s greatest gymnast 0lympians, you were driven by fear, you were competing out of fear? yes, absolutely. because i felt like nothing besides a gold medal. ..was enough, and i think that even sometimes the way that the pressure, even from the media, orjust our society, is that it s this fear of if i don t win, it doesn t matter, it s not good enough. so, i definitely did it out
athletes into icons. we admire their physical prowess and their winning mentality. but this year we ve seen that star sports people, just like the rest of us, are human, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and discrimination. we ve seen it in team sports like football and cricket, and also in individual sports like gymnastics. are you saying that throughout your amazing success as one of america s greatest gymnast 0lympians, you were driven by fear, you were competing out of fear? yes, absolutely. because i felt like nothing besides a gold medal. ..was enough, and i think that even sometimes the way that the pressure, even from the media, orjust our society, is that it s this fear of if i don t win, it doesn t matter,
in this world of massive, anxiety inducing challenges, many of us find a refuge in sport. our love of sport has turned elite professional athletes into icons. we admire their physical prowess and their winning mentality. but this year we ve seen that star sportspeople, just like the rest of us, are human, vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and discrimination. we ve seen it in team sports like football and cricket, and also in individual sports like gymnastics. are you saying that throughout your amazing success as one of america s greatest gymnast 0lympians, you were driven by fear, you were competing out of fear? yes, absolutely. because i felt like nothing besides a gold medal. ..was enough, and i think that even sometimes the way that the pressure,