Simone Biles stepped away from 'corrosive' gymnastics for mental
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After documenting near-abusive training practices of elite gymnastics in her 1995 book, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, sports journalist and author Joan Ryan found herself unable to watch the sport.
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