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Jul 27, 2021
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Thunderdome
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Gymnasts’ bodies go through the equivalent of dog years; also there is the…
Mental component; and then add sexual abuse on top of everything else for Simon Biles
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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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