She choked. She did poorly and then quit on her team for the nation’s competition.
She was going to sit out until the individual events. Appears she was told that doesn’t work. So she announces she’s bagging out entirely.
Her teammates hate her guts. More on that to come.
Yeah, this is why the “liberals” hate Tom Brady. He never quits and triumphed in TB! True champions don’t admire their trophy cabinet for too long!
I see no evidence of that. They have probably all experienced that loss of positional awareness at some point, but had time to work through it. Simone doesn't have that time, and while it's likely should work through it, given time, there are no guarantees, and she is already old for a gymnast.
It could be a temporary thing, or it could be like baseball pitcher Rick Ankiel, who, after a great regular season, suddenly couldn't throw strikes in the playoffs. He tried to work through it in the majors the next year, then in the minors. After 4-1⁄3 innings, 17 walks, 12 wild pitches, and a 20.77 ERA in AAA, he was sent to the lowest level of the minors. He found some of his control again, but also hurt his arm a couple of times and finally switched to playing outfield.
I really don't understand all this hate for Simone Biles (and thankfully, it appears to be a small minority.) She was a great gymnast who appears to have lost it, and we probably will never see her get back to the top level again. (Age 27 in 2024 - I don't see it.)
Gymnast friends say she was super-human and did stunts that would be dangerous for kids to do. When you come into the Olympics with 4 Gold, anything is going to be scrutinized. Judges saying “She can do better than that”.
Gymnasts should be one and done. An event reliant on sheer judging is not a sport. I bet she looked at the skateboard event and said “Why am I doing this and not that? Gold is gold”