She had some pretty big mistakes on Sunday

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Jul 27, 2021
8:06:10am

D.T. Survivor All-American

She had some pretty big mistakes on Sunday

Makes sense that she is struggling with something. She’s been thru some tough stuff.

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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

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

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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