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To: romanesq
Her teammates hate her guts. More on that to come.

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.)

40 posted on 07/28/2021 8:28:36 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: Gil4

Her teammates hate her guts because she was sucking on the team performance and pulled out entirely.

That hurt the team, end of story.

She was planning to rest up for her individual glory. Behind the scenes she was informed that wasn’t going to fly.

So she bailed entirely.

More on this will come out. It will happen.


41 posted on 07/28/2021 9:44:13 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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