With her apparent stress-induced withdrawal from the women’s team gymnastics competition Tuesday, Simone Biles might benefit from talking to former University of Michigan gymnast Olivia Karas and her father, James Karas.
The two co-authored the book Confessions of a Division-1 Athlete: A Dad and Daughter’s Guide to Survival.
Doug McKelway spoke to the duo about the particular stresses of elite athletics on women, families, and the light at the end of the tunnel following a singular lifetime pursuit of intense athletic competition.
