What does August 2 say?

This Friday, August 2, Simone Biles won back “her” gold medal in gymnastics, Kevin Mayer has finally withdrawn from the Olympic Games and a hyperandrogenic boxer is the victim of transphobic harassment on social networks.

“Hi, it’s Leo, what does it say?”

This Friday, August 2, the winning and masterful return of Simone Biles. Three years after her terrible loss of bearings in the middle of the vault at the Tokyo Games, the American gymnast won a new Olympic title, after that of Rio-2016, in the individual all-around competition. “I have changed since Tokyo,” reacted the legend who fought for her mental health. “I am proud of this Simone who never gave up.”

His participation in the Paris Games “was a childhood dream”, it turned into a nightmare for Kevin Mayer who withdrew on Thursday. The decathlete has not recovered from his thigh injury sustained at the beginning of July. At 32, he has not said what the rest of his career will be. For the moment, Kevin Mayer has decided to sit in the stands to “encourage his friends”.

And then, “everyone has the right to participate in sport without discrimination,” reacts the International Olympic Committee after a wave of transphobic attacks against boxer Imane Khelif. The Algerian is accused of not being a woman after beating an Italian in 46 seconds. The reality is quite different since she is hyperandrogenic.

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