Gymnastics- Simone Biles earns Time's 'Athlete of the Year' honour


FILE PHOTO: U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles attends the 6th annual InStyle Awards at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu

(Reuters) - Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles earned Time magazine's "Athlete of the Year" honour, the publication said on Thursday.

The 24-year-old gymnast traveled to the Tokyo Games this year with the intent of rewriting the recordbooks but instead brought about a groundbreaking, global conversation around athletes' mental well-being.

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