I read one blog that said she was simply past her prime and couldn’t

Jul 27, 2021
7:21:38am

rocker All-American

consistently land those insanely difficult routines. That if she scaled back she could still be the best gymnast in the world but she is no longer at the top of her game—and possible failure is tough to deal with.

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Simone Biles out of the team competition with an injury

elderyoda

7/27/21 5:52am

Now saying not an injury but a mental health issue

elderyoda

7/27/21 5:58am

In other words, she is saving herself for individual events.

panacablue

7/27/21 6:00am

I think she was on the verge of a mental breakdown, based on comments earlier

elderyoda

7/27/21 6:05am

Poor girl. I hate everything I hear about that level of gymnastics.

SinkingQuffa

7/27/21 6:12am

I can understand the mental issues. Their entire self worth is based on being

Adwight

7/27/21 6:15am

I think most good parents would refuse for their children to endure it.

SinkingQuffa

7/27/21 6:19am

She embraced the GOAT status with gusto. It's risky to

macdizzle

7/27/21 8:41am

I imagine other olympians in other sports deal with similar issues

ColonelMustard

7/27/21 7:24am

I think the perfectionism involved w gymnastics is particularly bad, though.

SinkingQuffa

7/27/21 7:44am

"Balance" is not a common concept in really any elite sports. But, gymnastics is

shoganai

7/27/21 7:44am

And figure skating.

Brisco

7/27/21 9:36am

Her coach sounds like pile of trash for telling the media that.

vagabonder

7/27/21 6:00am

I thought so too. I don't know what his rationale might be in that.

SinkingQuffa

7/27/21 6:23am

Blaming others is the easy way out when you fail to achieve your goals.

vagabonder

7/27/21 6:24am

Because she might still be planning to participate in individual events, but

Corn Pop

7/27/21 6:39am

Agree. You can’t just leave it as she’s “injured” with her going out the next

cougfanz

7/27/21 7:39am

Mental or otherwise, she wasn't herself at the trials last month.

shoganai

7/27/21 7:05am

I don't follow the sport but I find these developments fascinating

bluelands

7/27/21 7:27am

If a guy in the NFL has a bad year, he comes back next season and goes again.

shoganai

7/27/21 7:36am

Speaking of the NFL, Zach Wilson made the most out of the pandemic

bluelands

7/27/21 7:51am

Not as big as Kevin Love withdrawing from the Olympics

TCuz

7/27/21 6:27am

I read one blog that said she was simply past her prime and couldn’t

rocker

7/27/21 7:21am

Olympic cycles are brutal. 4-5 years in between them, and a lot can change.

shoganai

7/27/21 7:39am

She had some pretty big mistakes on Sunday

D.T. Survivor

7/27/21 8:06am

Gymnasts’ bodies go through the equivalent of dog years; also there is the…

Thunderdome

7/27/21 9:48am

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