Some truly marvelous moments have occurred over the past two weeks in Tokyo, but the biggest story to come out of the 2020 Olympics by far is about what didn't happen.

After weeks—and, really, months and maybe even years—of anticipation, with the only remaining question being just how many gold medals she would take home, SimoneBiles removed herself from the discussion that everyone thought they would be having and promptly landed at the center of an entirely different and extremely important conversation.