Gold Medalist Casey FitzRandolph on Simone Biles' Exit

Is a medal worth the mental toll it takes on an athlete?
Simone Biles
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Simone Biles shocked everyone this week when she removed herself from the women's gymnastics team competition siting mental health concerns. This got a lot of people talking about the pressure put on these athletes during the Olympics to win medals. In 2002, Casey FitzRandolph won gold for the United States in speed skating. He talked to us this morning about the pressure put on athletes and the toll it inevitably takes.

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