As Olympic gymnastics came to a close in Paris, ABC's "Good Morning America" caught up with 11-time Olympic medalist and Team USA star Simone Biles , who has become the face of conversations on mental health. For Biles, maintaining a strong routine outside the gym to focus on her emotional and psychological well-being was imperative for executing the best possible routines at the Paris Games. "Staying on my weekly therapy sessions and even whenever I was here, I was scheduling appointments with my therapist that could work, whether it was early in the morning for me or early in the morning for her," she said, speaking about how she's balanced everything at the Games.
"Staying on top of that meant the world to me, but also it helped me with my performances." SEE ALSO: Simone Biles finishes off Olympic return with a silver on floor exercise, Jordan Chiles takes bronze Biles' repeated emphasis on speaking up about the importance of mental heath has resonated with other athletes. "I think it's OK to not be OK.
And I think I showed a very vulnerable side that most people don't see, because most of the time, whenever I'm out there, they're seeing me win gold medals and all this stuff that's not relatable," she said. "So, whenever I really break it down and I am very authentic to them, then they can feel like they can relate, and it's on a personal level, and then they believe that they can get the help that they deserve." Biles added four more medals to her already illustrious care.