American gymnast Simone Biles wasted no time clearing the air after Russian hackers leaked personal information about her from the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) database, which contained drug test results and medical information from athletes who competed in this year's Rio Olympics. The four-time Olympic gold medalist, who was named among U.S. athletes given a medical exemption to use a medication, confirmed Tuesday that she did indeed use a drug — and that it was "nothing to be ashamed of."
In a series of tweets, Biles opened up about the fact that she has taken medicine for ADHD since she was a child, and that was the medication in question. She also insisted that using the medication did not give her any sort of "unfair advantage":
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