“Gymnast Who Takes Everybody’s S***”: Joe Rogan Comes to Rescue Simone Biles Who Was Denied ADHD Medication at Tokyo Olympics

Aug 26, 2022 | 10:48 AM EDT

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Simone Biles is undoubtedly one of the most well-known gymnasts in Olympic history. Despite her devastating beginnings, the self-made star has won 7 Olympic medals, out of them 4 are gold medals. This brave athlete has repeatedly overcome hatred to demonstrate her mettle. However, there was a time when she had to face the restrictions of the Olympics due to ADHD. After recalling it, the professional commentator, Joe Rogan, revealed his thoughts for Simone.

Additionally, Biles has become an advocate for the stereotypes and stigma around ADHD. Simone has struggled through many difficulties and obstacles in her life.

Joe Rogan’s thoughts on Simone Biles’ ADHD restriction

Joe Rogan often discusses about athletes on his renowned podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. This time he shared his thoughts about Biles with Yannis Pappas. They discussed a few points about Biles’ withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics and her career’s beginning. For example, while Simone was preparing for her gymnastics, Olympics restricted the medication for ADHD.

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Rogan stated, “That girl that amazing gymnast who takes everybody’s s*** on viola yeah because she just bailed on the Olympics, she’s like I can’t take anymore I was just reading that she regularly takes.. ADHD medication and they said that she can no longer take it because in japan you can’t take this stuff she takes Ritalin find out this is true because if that is the case they said that during the last Olympics.. I guess 2016 she took this stuff and she won a bunch of gold medals yeah and now because she’s regularly on this right, this is her medication and so they’re saying she can’t because in Japan it’s illegal to take.. Whether it’s adrenalin or Ritalin I think it’s illegal to take those in japan.”

Further, Joe and Yannis went through some old documents of Simone’s medical statement. During the Tokyo Olympics, Biles’ reported the issue of her lacking attention, which can be the consequence of her restricted medication. In addition, when she withdrew her name, people started trolling her on social media, while some called her a ‘coward.’

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Simone’s revelation on ADHD

Simone Bilea in her book, Courage To Soar: A Body In Motion, A Life In Balance, described the time she got diagnosed with ADHD. She described her family’s reaction when she found out her diagnosis results.

However, while she expressed her feelings in the books, in 2016, some hackers revealed her documents of WADA.
Besides, even while facing problems, she took this as a chance to make everyone aware. As a result, Biles broke the stigma with her extraordinary performance in the 2016 Olympics, where she won four golds.

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