Yeah, schadenfreude for NBC.
They and the rest of the media have been hyping her for 5+ years now, “the GOAT”, etc. She’s good but all the gushing is overdone, gee wonder why?
One of her teammates got a shockingly low score in an event, the balance beam I think.
Even the commentators noticed it - makes one suspicious the judges are determined to push the designated favorites. Maybe a bit of guilt started sinking in.
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.
And yes, beam judging was suspect.