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Jul 27, 2021
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Endocoug
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What was selfish? What’s the reason she couldn’t compete?
How long has she known she couldn’t compete today?
You seem to be making some unfair assumptions.
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Reading more about this, Simone is 24 (ancient in gymnast years) and hasn't been
shoganai
7/27/21 8:00am
Really frustrating for the alternates who could have been on the team and were good enough to help earn gold.
Tokolosh
7/27/21 8:03am
Really selfish on her part
Turd Ferguson
7/27/21 8:05am
It was probably not even her decision, primarily.
shoganai
7/27/21 8:08am
True. But she knew before tonight that she couldn't do it.
Turd Ferguson
7/27/21 8:20am
How do you know that?
Endocoug
7/27/21 8:29am
weeks of practice leading up to this. She knew if she could hit the routines
Turd Ferguson
7/27/21 9:43am
What was selfish? What’s the reason she couldn’t compete?
Endocoug
7/27/21 8:28am
Well we know the reasons are mental,
EQD2
7/27/21 10:27am
That girl Jade is nails and should have been on the team. She got screwed with
rivercitycoug
7/27/21 8:21am
Except she already competed in the team
Remigius
7/27/21 8:03am
I'm assuming it's an endurance issue.
shoganai
7/27/21 8:08am
While I am no expert, after watching I do have to wonder how much her mistakes were overlooked in scoring...
Tokolosh
7/27/21 8:08am
The US Gymnastics admin, overlooking something, or making poor judgement. I'm
Cougero
7/27/21 8:21am
Yeah no history of that. Not sure what people are thinking.
Turd Ferguson
7/27/21 8:24am
Hard to say. Does she get a benefit bc she’s the GOAT? Probably. But she also
rivercitycoug
7/27/21 8:26am
In qualifiers three US gymnasts did the exact same vault, including Biles. She scored higher despite an error.
Tokolosh
7/27/21 8:31am
Yeah, she had several egregious errors but still had the best score in almost every event.
Endocoug
7/27/21 8:35am
Obviously they all had errors.
JuicyJam
7/27/21 8:51am
To an untrained judge like me I actually thought her vaults were worse than the other two gymnasts. But I don't know.
Tokolosh
7/27/21 8:58am
That’s why gymnastics kind of sucks. 99% of the audience can’t see
JuicyJam
7/27/21 9:11am
I wonder if sports journos and advertisers will start doing due diligence
bluelands
7/27/21 8:09am
The pandemic stole an entire year, which can be devastating for any prime elite
shoganai
7/27/21 8:23am
Donovan Brazier comes to mind. … that was crazy.
(Private)
7/27/21 8:33am
Seriously.
RUNBYU1
7/27/21 8:40am
Yep. Caught some of the US trials. She was making all sorts of mistakes but
rocker
7/27/21 8:12am
It seems pretty shocking.
JuicyJam
7/27/21 8:16am
I’m not following the logic
Endocoug
7/27/21 8:22am
Simone is still the best gymnast on the planet and it's not even close. So this
Incentivize
7/27/21 8:24am
You're right. I know next to nothing.
shoganai
7/27/21 8:26am
Signs of decline … but still the best in the world and of all time.
Endocoug
7/27/21 8:31am
The poor version of her was still better than any in the world 2 days ago.
Belboz
7/27/21 8:50am
But that's just the controversy. Many don't believe she was the best
EQD2
7/27/21 10:29am
One of the timeless challenges in sport.
shoganai
7/27/21 9:01am
Are you suggesting Simone “just can’t do it anymore”?
Endocoug
7/27/21 9:03am
Simone is claiming it. Not me.
shoganai
7/27/21 9:08am
Link? When did she claim she can’t do it anymore?
Endocoug
7/27/21 9:23am
I think that dropping out of the team events is a pretty clear admission that
shoganai
7/27/21 9:35am
I don't think many seriously consider she's going to make it through the
EQD2
7/27/21 10:31am
I ache for these young people. It’s as if
BlackHawkCoug
7/27/21 8:26am
But they’ve done this for years. Comes with the territory
Memmo
7/27/21 9:36am
They are kids. We’re in a pandemic. The
BlackHawkCoug
7/27/21 11:04am
Somewhat unrelated, but did you see the 46 year old female gymnast competing
byusage
7/27/21 8:47am
…and she looked older than 46.
NewMexiCoug
7/27/21 9:08am
I did not, but I was thinking about
BlackHawkCoug
7/27/21 9:14am
Eh, still not as impressive as this guy
Mike Honcho
7/27/21 9:23am
A euro team has a 46 year old on their women's gymnastics team.
SoValleyCOUG
7/27/21 10:44am
Mary Lou Retton is the GOAT.
CrimsonCardinal
7/27/21 11:18am
she had a cushy path
Belboz
7/27/21 12:39pm
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