Simone Biles to compete in balance beam final at Tokyo Olympics
Monday, 2 August 2021 Simone Biles, who has pulled out of several events at the Tokyo Olympics citing the need to protect her mental health, will compete in the balance beam final, USA Gymnastics has said.
Simone Biles plans to take part in the balance beam final at the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday, USA Gymnastics said. She pulled out of the other individual finals she qualified for, citing mental health issues.
Simone Biles
and Others , Seek Over $1B
From FBI Over Nassar.
AP reports Biles and other women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar... .
... are attempting to hold the FBI accountable
for not stopping him sooner.
The FBI was made aware of the sports doctor's behavior in 2015 but did nothing.
As a result, he continued to assault young women and girls for over a year.
In 2017, Nassar pleaded guilty.
He is currently in prison.
The current claim involves about 90 people, including Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
The current claim involves about 90 people, including Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
The current claim involves about 90 people, including Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
The FBI has six months to respond,
at which point lawsuits could be filed.
It is time for the FBI to
be held accountable, Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnast, via statement.
If the FBI had simply done its job, Nassar would have been stopped before he ever had the chance to abuse hundreds of girls, including me, Samantha Roy, former University of Michigan gymnast, via statement.
Last year, FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged the agency's mistakes.
Iβm especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed. And thatβs inexcusable, FBI Director Christopher Wray, at a Senate hearing, via AP
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