Biles’s Olympic meltdown sparks stars into going public on mental health

PARIS – American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles’s legacy may not be the four Olympic gold medals she won in her career but a remarkable meltdown at the Tokyo Olympics which sparked other sports greats to speak out about their battle with mental health issues.

Biles’s attack of the twisties — a condition meaning gymnasts lose the ability to orientate themselves in mid-air — is perhaps the most abiding image of the Games.

Since then, retired French football icon Thierry Henry and Irish rugby great Keith Earls have spoken frankly about their problems.

Biles’s travails followed Japan’s four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka who…