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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSimone Biles has responded to American figure skater Ilia Malinin\u2019s two falls during the men’s figure skating final at the Winter Olympics. <\/p>\n
Malinin\u2019s performance was one of the most highly anticipated of the games. But his stumbles during Friday\u2019s event left him off the podium in eighth place as he held back tears. He began his routine aiming to become the first man to land seven quads in a single Olympic event, including the difficult quad axel. While he landed the quad flip, he stuttered on the axel, managing only a single rotation. He then stepped out of the lutz and could add only a double toe loop.<\/p>\n
Olympic gymnast Biles, 28, landed in a similar situation herself, as she had the \u201ctwisties\u201d during her time at the 2020 Tokyo games, where she had to remove herself from multiple events. <\/p>\n
During her appearance on Tuesday\u2019s episode of the Today<\/em> show, Biles revealed that she was able to speak to the Malinin following his event, sharing advice on how to bounce back. <\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve definitely had a chance to bump into him,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve sent him messages on Instagram as well, obviously, it\u2019s all been private because I know what he\u2019s going through, and I know most athletes might not be able to relate, and it\u2019s really, really hard to watch.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles reacted to Ilia Malinin\u2019s fall last week at the Winter Olympics, explaining that she was hopeful he would bounce back (Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nDespite the skater\u2019s mishap, Biles added that Malinin is still an \u201cabsolute legend\u201d and predicts that he will be able to return stronger. <\/p>\n
\u201cI see him coming out on top after this,\u201d the seven-time gold medalist said. \u201cWe\u2019re all just cheering for him.\u201d <\/p>\n
Malinin himself also appeared on Tuesday\u2019s episode of the morning talk show as he reflected on what led to his fall, noting that he let the pressure affect his performance. <\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s not a pleasant feeling,\u201d he said about that many people watching him at the time. \u201cThe most honest way to say it is just a lot on you, so many eyes, so much attention, not only from people, or fans, media, it\u2019s just so much, and it really can get to you if you\u2019re not ready to fully embrace it.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI think that might be one of the mistakes I made going into that free skate was I was not ready to handle that to a full extent, so I think looking back at that, now I\u2019ll be able to kind of understand how that feels so I\u2019ll be able to take a full approach leading up to the next games hopefully.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Simone Biles has responded to American figure skater Ilia Malinin\u2019s two falls during the men’s figure skating final at the Winter Olympics. Malinin\u2019s performance was one of the most highly anticipated of the games. But his stumbles during Friday\u2019s event left him off the podium in eighth place as he held back tears. He began his routine aiming to become the first man to land seven quads in a single Olympic event, including the difficult quad axel. While he landed the quad flip, he stuttered on the axel, managing only a single rotation. He then stepped out of the lutz and could add only a double toe loop. Olympic gymnast Biles, 28, landed in a similar situation herself, as she had the \u201ctwisties\u201d during her time at the 2020 Tokyo games, where she had to remove herself from multiple events. During her appearance on Tuesday\u2019s episode of the Today show, Biles revealed that she was able to speak to the Malinin following his event, sharing advice on how to bounce back. \u201cI\u2019ve definitely had a chance to bump into him,\u201d s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}