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(2023:长春质量枚测)Recently,scientific research suggests that mental health disorders
affect up to 35 percent of top athletes at some stage of their careers.This can range from
tiredness and eating disorders to depression and anxiety.The causes can be highly varied,with
studies pointing to a range of contributing factors from poor sleep to selection pressures and
early retirement due to injury.
American Simone Biles is widely considered to be the greatest gymnast(体操运动员)in
the United States.When the Tokyo Olympics began,she was expected to win five gold medals.
But on July 27th,she pulled out of the team final.She made the choice after having trouble
landing her vault (in the competition's first round.Later she said her mind was not in
the right place to let her safely perform the difficult moves she is known for.In other words,
her mind was not letting her body do what it needed to do.Cameras caught her telling her
trainers during the team final,"I just don't trust myself."
Biles is not the only Olympian in recent months to talk about the pressure and mental
effects of competing at the highest level.Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lost in the second
round of Olympic competition.She said she felt extreme pressure to win for Japan,where the
Olympics are taking place.
Few coaches and officials in sports have an expert understanding of mental health and the
International Olympic Committee (IOC)also recognizes that there is a great need for practical
assessment tools that can be used by medical professionals and anyone looking after athletes to
protect athletes'mental health.
"Mental health issues should be discussed more openly in sport,because athletes are
always concerned about selection,and they want to appear as strong as possible,"Scientific
Director Dr Richard Budgett says."But in the end this may have negative effects,so we need
to recognize the symptoms so that athletes can get proper