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Glad to see the nincompoops are in the minority this time around. Good job, 'Yard!

It's weird that people think this is somehow selfish. Anyone quitting the Olympics is obviously in a lot of turmoil--it's the Olympics... She isn't doing this out of spite or for endorsement money. She's probably going to lose tons of money because of this decision.
 
Fishy said:
Basically, she got the yips in mid-air which is about as bad a place to get the yips as there can be. Someone who “doesn’t know where (she) is” in mid-air is going to get horribly injured if she tries it again, so I really don’t think she had much choice but to quit. Plus, it probably saved the silver for the team.

She hasn’t really seemed at her best lately and given the expectations, I imagine that all piled up her and she cracked. It happens - it’s just a lot more noticeable when you are spinning 12’ off the ground rather than taking an at-bat or a three at the buzzer.

I’m guessing she’ll be fine and she’ll win what she is supposed to win.
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Here's a nice article that adds some more clarity, too. After reading this, some of the takes in this thread look even more cringe-worthy and embarrassing

www.yahoo.com

How Simone Biles saved herself — and her teammates — at the Olympics

Doubt. Fear. Insecurity. Pressure. Failure. The world's greatest gymnast felt it all on sports' biggest stage.
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
 
Mixed feeling about this. If she was a teenager with limited experience I could understand a bit more, but she is 24 years old and this is her third Olympics along with many world championships events through her career. I guess part of the issue is creating a team event out of what is really an individual sport. For most who are or have been athletes the team success is always the goal, but maybe by withdrawing she thought the team had a better chance.

In a perfect world she would be the leader of the team and show the younger athletes how to deal with adversity. There are a lot of people younger than her that deal with life's challenges and face tremendous obstacles. I guess I don't really understand the challenges and pressure of the media spotlight and the high bar of what is expected of her.
 
The Olympics, gymnastics in particular, are pretty deranged. These kids train year round for the chance to compete once every four years and by the time they are early 20s they are washed up.

That on top of the Nassar stuff.. surprised you don't see stuff like this more often.
 
"Today has been really stressful, we had a workout this morning; it went OK but during that five-and-a-half hour wait I was shaking - I could barely nap. I had never felt like that going into a competition before. I tried to go out here and have fun; the warmup in the back went a little bit better but once I came out here I was like, 'no, mentals [sic] not here so I just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself.’"
 
Hurling your body around in the air is dangerous and must be terrifying so I can’t say I blame her, but we have to call it what it is. She got scared after a bad vault and withdrew

Hopefully they can find someone ready to commit for the individual events. Next woman up
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
The Olympics, gymnastics in particular, are pretty deranged. These kids train year round for the chance to compete once every four years and by the time they are early 20s they are washed up.

That on top of the Nassar stuff.. surprised you don't see stuff like this more often.
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It happens all the time, just not in the Olympics. Most of the teens who make the Olympics in gymnastics aren't back for the next one, even if it isn't due to injuries. They are burnt out and scared of doing routines they were doing as children.
 
Even WATCHING the balance beam makes me anxious. Imagine the first time you say "now let's try it without the safety harness."
 
superjohn said:
I'm a fan or her as a person and athlete, this is a bit sad/disappointing to see.
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I could go on a rant on this situation- but I won’t- prefer not to be harassed by everyone in this thread- but I agree with your sentiments.
 
mustafa said:
Then she should have stayed home.
The Nasser stuff is old history. Devastating and terrible, YES. But not recent.
She simply should have stayed home rather than quit on the biggest stage. Perhaps, the next star could have been on the team rather than Biles. Instead Biles goes tot he Olympics and then says its all just too much when her team needed her the most.
Its all about endorsements and money. If she stayed home rather than go to the Olympics, it would have cost her millions. So she goes to the Olympics and all of a sudden, its all too much for her? Come on.
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Oof
 
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On the men’s side did anyone see the kid from ROC perform just 3&1/2 months after an Achilles injury?
 
imno1 said:
On the men’s side did anyone see the kid from ROC perform just 3&1/2 months after an Achilles injury?
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really? wow. akok could barely jump off hurley's diving board after 5 months.
 
mustafa said:
Then she should have stayed home.
The Nasser stuff is old history. Devastating and terrible, YES. But not recent.
She simply should have stayed home rather than quit on the biggest stage. Perhaps, the next star could have been on the team rather than Biles. Instead Biles goes tot he Olympics and then says its all just too much when her team needed her the most.
Its all about endorsements and money. If she stayed home rather than go to the Olympics, it would have cost her millions. So she goes to the Olympics and all of a sudden, its all too much for her? Come on.
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Wow...you actually said that-You're right-she has had plenty of time to overcome being physically violated as a child.
 
imno1 said:
On the men’s side did anyone see the kid from ROC perform just 3&1/2 months after an Achilles injury?
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Kenny11 said:
really? wow. akok could barely jump off hurley's diving board after 5 months.
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We have to assume this gymnast is being heavily tested for anything nefarious, correct?

I mean even going in with a knife and replacing a tendon with a healthy one takes months to attach, stretch, heal, etc.
 
For the record, I'm first in predicting someone will come out with a comment along the lines of she is just doing this for attention for her documentary being filmed right now and for more personal attention when she miraculously recovers for the individual medals.

Mind you I'm not saying this is true. I'm saying someone in the national or international media is going to run with this narrative.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
For the record, I'm first in predicting someone will come out with a comment along the lines of she is just doing this for attention for her documentary being filmed right now and for more personal attention when she miraculously recovers for the individual medals.

Mind you I'm not saying this is true. I'm saying someone in the national or international media is going to run with this narrative.
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Scottie Pippen?
 
I knew something was up right before the olympics, she stated that she would not be able to deal with all of the stress in her life if it weren’t for her boyfriend. They haven’t been together all that long, so I thought that was strange because she was dominant long before he came along.
 
Waquoit said:
My post was in disagreement with the poster who said you weren't being critical. Thanks for confirming I was correct.
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I'm still not clear. She did "quit." It literally means "leave." My initial assumption, based on the thread title (because, like you, I can read), was that SJ was using it pejoratively, but then I read his post and thought otherwise.

Him confirming that he said she quit, which she in fact did do, doesn't confirm he thinks she quit on her team. I don't know why he's being cryptic.

My point is that there's a difference between quitting something and quitting on something. This is from the article linked to above:

She didn’t quit on her team. She quit, she said, and saved the team.
 
So it had to happen on the day of, it sounds like her teammates knew this was happening before the news breaks. Hopefully she gets the help she needs.

The 2 biggest names in these olympics are Biles and Ledecky other then NBA players not really familiar with the men’s athletes with no Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt.
 
imno1 said:
On the men’s side did anyone see the kid from ROC perform just 3&1/2 months after an Achilles injury?
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Yep. It landed somewhere between incredibly brave and incredibly stupid leaning heavily towards the latter. Very irresponsible of the ROC to let/make him compete.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
For the record, I'm first in predicting someone will come out with a comment along the lines of she is just doing this for attention for her documentary being filmed right now and for more personal attention when she miraculously recovers for the individual medals.

Mind you I'm not saying this is true. I'm saying someone in the national or international media is going to run with this narrative.
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I'm sure Clay Travis is already on it.
 
nomar said:
I suppose "quits" is pejorative but the post itself wasn't critical.
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That word "quits" is the root of the post. The root grew the indictment.
 
UCDaveD said:
@mustafa to military vets suffering with PTSD: "That war stuff is old history. Devestating and terrible, YES. But not recent. :rolleyes:"
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I'm just saying that the Nasser stuff was there the whole time.
Cant believe that it is the reason for her quitting at this very moment.
There were other reasons.
 
imno1 said:
On the men’s side did anyone see the kid from ROC perform just 3&1/2 months after an Achilles injury?
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It was that or on a line scaling fish in Nosovaya.
 
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