{"id":24395,"date":"2020-07-10T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/simone-biles-talks-olympics-larry-nassar-and-police-brutality-protests-in-vogue\/"},"modified":"2020-07-10T00:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:37:00","slug":"simone-biles-talks-olympics-larry-nassar-and-police-brutality-protests-in-vogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/simone-biles-talks-olympics-larry-nassar-and-police-brutality-protests-in-vogue\/","title":{"rendered":"#Simone Biles talks Olympics, Larry Nassar and police brutality protests in Vogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Simone Biles talks Olympics, Larry Nassar and police brutality protests in Vogue<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        She\u2019s the most decorated American gymnast in the world \u2014 and now Simone Biles can add a Vogue cover to her mantle, too.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old made her debut in the fashion bible\u2019s August issue, opening up about the Olympics being postponed due to the coronavirus, the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal and the nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt kind of torn and broken,\u201d Biles \u2014 who is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time \u2014 said about learning she\u2019d have to wait until next July to compete in the Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously it was the right decision, but to have it finalized \u2014 in a way, you feel defeated because you\u2019ve worked so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In quarantine, Biles, who holds 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, tried to stay in shape by doing twerk <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> videos and handstand challenges. She was finally able to resume training in mid-May after the World Champions Centre reopened, the mag reported.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1YVnaTKfd0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;start=5&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t just having to rearrange her training plans that brought Biles to tears \u2014 she also dreaded having to work with USA Gymnastics for an extra year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just started crying,\u201d she said. \u201cAnother year of dealing with USAG. That, I don\u2019t know if I can take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The elite athlete has been an outspoken critic of the organization amid the scandal involving its disgraced former doctor Larry Nassar, who is serving a life sentence on charges of child pornography and sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15962228\"><img alt=\"Simone Biles photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the cover of Vogue\" data- data- height=\"408\" width=\"300\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Simone Biles photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the cover of Vogue<\/span><span>Annie Leibovitz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She explained why it had been important for her to come forward, in January 2018, about the abuse she suffered at Nassar\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was a weight that I carried so heavily on my chest, so I felt like, if I shared it with people, then it would be a relief for me,\u201d Biles told the glossy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I knew that by sharing my story, I would help other survivors feel comfortable and safe in coming forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, USAG offered Nassar\u2019s victims, including Biles, a $215 million settlement as part of a plan to exit bankruptcy \u2014 but Biles said money alone won\u2019t address all the wrongs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to figure out why it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened, when it happened, and who knew what, when,\u201d Biles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t feel comfortable promoting our sport if we fear that something might happen like this again because they\u2019re not doing their part,\u201d she continued, referring to USAG and the United States Olympic &#038; Paralympic Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The cover story also quotes Biles speaking about her experiences with racism in the sport during an event in Manhattan in March at the Lower Eastside Girls Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey focused on my hair. They focused on how big my legs were,\u201d she told the dozens of tween girls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15962230\"><img alt=\"Simone Biles of USA performs on Uneven Bars during the Women's Team Finals on Day 5 of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on October 08, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. \" data- data- height=\"438\" width=\"664\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Biles performs on the uneven bars during the Women\u2019s Team Finals of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Oct. 8, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.<\/span><span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut God made me this way, and I feel like if I didn\u2019t have these legs or these calves, I wouldn\u2019t be able to tumble as high as I can and have all of these moves named after me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the mag about the widespread protests sparked by the May 25 police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Biles said: \u201cWe need change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need justice for the Black community,\u201d Biles continued. \u201cWith the peaceful protests, it\u2019s the start of change, but it\u2019s sad that it took all of this for people to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism and injustice have existed for years with the Black community. How many times has this happened before we had cell phones?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried peaceful protesting,\u201d Biles added, citing Colin Kaepernick, who was infamously shunned from the NFL after kneeling during the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey took his whole entire career away from that poor man. And look at us now,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s working. 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The 23-year-old made her debut in the fashion bible\u2019s August issue, opening up about the Olympics being postponed due to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35927,35926],"class_list":["post-24395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-larry-nassar-and-police-brutality-protests-in-vogue","tag-simone-biles-talks-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}