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Simone Biles Has Found Purpose in Being 'A Voice' for Abuse Survivors

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Simone Biles might be representing the US at the Tokyo Olympics, but she's not just returning for the gold medals — she's driven by a new purpose. «I just feel like everything that happened, I had to come back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen,» the four-time Olympic gold medalist explained in an interview with 's Hoda Kotb. «I feel like if there weren't a remaining survivor in the sport, they would've just brushed it to the side.

But since I'm still here, and I have quite a social media presence and platform, they have to do something. So, I feel like coming back, gymnastics just wasn't the only purpose I was supposed to do.»In 2018, Biles was one of the hundreds of gymnasts who came forward to claim they were abused by.

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