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Simone Biles out of Olympic gymnastics team competition in Tokyo
Yahoo Sports ^ | 07/27/21 | Dan Wentzel

Posted on 07/27/2021 5:51:06 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

TOKYO — Simone Biles was pulled from the team competition here Tuesday after an awkward, low-scoring attempt on vault, leaving the United States, which was already locked in a tough battle with Russia, in serious trouble as it seeks its third consecutive gold medal.

Biles bailed out on her expected vault, attempting just a Yurchenko 1.5. She still needed a massive bounce/stumble upon landing.

She looked to be in tears as she left the mat and then soon walked out of the arena floor with a trainer from USA Gymnastics.

She did not appear to suffer any obvious physical injury during her attempt. NBC reported that she was dealing with a “mental issue” not a physical one. USA Gymnastics would just describe it as a "medical issue."

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: olympics; simonebile; simonebiles; wokechoke
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To: bigdaddy45

Yeah, I got the wrong gymnast. Asked for my post to be removed.


21 posted on 07/27/2021 6:08:59 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: dfwgator

“Sports that depend on judges really isn’t a sport.”

Yup, I’ve always said that. Score more points or cross the finish line first or it’s not a “sport.”


22 posted on 07/27/2021 6:13:31 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: GnuThere

She’s unquestionably the best gymnast that has existed under the current scoring system. But she’s not a perfect robot. And as we saw today, in the event of a withdrawal, you still need the rest of the team to be ready to step up. I’m not happy for Simone or The women’s team, but I’m glad NBC has to pretend to care about other gymnasts now. Their coverage is so awful.


23 posted on 07/27/2021 6:15:03 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: GnuThere

And yes, beam judging was suspect.


24 posted on 07/27/2021 6:18:03 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: dfwgator

America-hating lesbo.


25 posted on 07/27/2021 6:18:19 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: Skywise

Everyone needs to just stop with the cynical Olympic US-hating traitor theme.

Not nearly everyone on the team is the PC woke garbage of half the women’s soccer team. Or *professional* men’s basketball.


26 posted on 07/27/2021 6:20:50 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: dfwgator

Sports that depend on negative covid test results throughout the duration of competition isn’t Sport, because it puts the judges in the labs, overseeing all events.


27 posted on 07/27/2021 6:25:52 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Even in today’s leftist world, I suspect most Olympians lean to the right. It’s sports and ideally one of the most meritocratic things out there. But they stay silent due to cancel culture.


28 posted on 07/27/2021 6:26:23 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Dixie Yooper

That’s why all medals should come with asterisks.


29 posted on 07/27/2021 6:27:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dixie Yooper

Not just that.

But COVID theater means no spectators except a handful of teammates. These athletes that are normally used to lots of noise from crowds are now performing the most stressful event of their lives in near silence. I can’t imagine how that would play with one’s head.

Yeah, this Olympics is going to need some asterisks…


30 posted on 07/27/2021 6:31:31 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: dfwgator

That’s why all the medals should have Dr. Fauci’s face on them instead of Olympic Rings.


31 posted on 07/27/2021 6:31:53 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Who cares about these Woke Jokers?


32 posted on 07/27/2021 6:33:25 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Stravinsky

“So much media nonsense.”

That’s my main objection to the coverage. Why, during the Olympics, does NBC’s Lessie Holt have Simone talk about the abuse by their now-imprisoned coach?


33 posted on 07/27/2021 6:39:23 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Stravinsky

I haven’t watched and wasted my time on the Olympics, for many years.


34 posted on 07/27/2021 6:40:53 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: Skywise

No. She was seen talking with the team doctor, and she apparently had something wrong with her physically.

DO NOT ASSUME that ALL US Olympic members hate the US. That is simply NOT true.


35 posted on 07/27/2021 6:43:05 AM PDT by hoagy62 (DTCM&OTTH)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Well when you have US Olympians publicly demonstrating against the US during their award ceremonies and then publicly claiming their hate for the US in PR campaigns - all with the approval of the US olympics committee AND now the world Olympic committee (after pressure from the US committee) it’s kind of hard not to think that way.


36 posted on 07/27/2021 6:44:50 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: God luvs America
she’s not woke or BLM- get a life and do some research

One is known by the company one keeps.

37 posted on 07/27/2021 6:55:56 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: tennmountainman

She is the least of woke.


38 posted on 07/27/2021 7:04:33 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: hoagy62

And yet the reporting is a “mental issue”


39 posted on 07/27/2021 7:06:44 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: God luvs America

Wrong. Simine Biles has already given several highy publicized interviews stating that she supports BLM, Colin Kapernick, Breonna Taylor, and believes the USA is a racist nation. Suggest you do some research.

Personally, I hope she trips and breaks a leg.


40 posted on 07/27/2021 7:10:04 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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