'Because it’s a really tough place, especially during a pandemic, you’re going to compete at the Olympics, and America is kind of like gold medal or bust, and so that puts a lot of pressure on ourselves,' Biles said.
"I love Mikaela Shiffrin, and I hope that she just embraces the Olympic experience because we don’t know how many we’ll be able to go to," she said.on TODAY Friday, saying she wanted to"melt off the face of the earth" after skiing out of the slalom race last week.on social media last week after the heartbreaking scene of Shiffrin sitting in dejection in the slalom race.
She still has one more race in Beijing as she will compete as part of Team USA in the mixed gender team Alpine event, which begins Friday.Friday clarifying that her message of resilience is for more than just herself. "That message that was meant for you guys to get up, and to keep going, get out of bed the next day even though you’re getting these messages that make you feel awful," she says in the video.
"Don’t send messages to your haters, they don’t deserve your time being wasted on them. You just spread the message to the next person who’s getting hate. Keep on going, keep getting up and do your thing."Scott Stump is a New Jersey-based freelancer who has been a regular contributor for TODAY.com since 2011, producing news stories and features across the trending, pop culture, sports, parents, pets, health, style, food and TMRW verticals.
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