Why are so many here so quick to criticize this gymnast? She’s an incredible athlete, but she was making mistakes that she does not typically make. By dropping out, she lets another gymnast take her spot. If she’d stayed in, people would criticize her then, too.
I don’t follow the Olympics so my take on this could be way off, but here’s what I think...
She pulled out of the team competition because she placed more importance on winning an individual gold and didn’t want to risk an injury in team competition.
After she did that, and everything knew why she did it, it was made clear to her that her she should take herself out the individual competition.
Either that, or this has something to do with sports betting.
Quitting? Let the coach pull her if her performance was hurting the team. That is what the coach is there for. But to quit because of the stress of not having your best day?
She embarrassed herself more by quitting than hanging in there to fight back from her mistakes or talking to her coach or team psychologist. Instead she puts on a big drama scene?
The problem when an athlete ‘quits’ is they never recover from it. Whatever is going on in her head, she is done. Endorsements for a little while, but she’s over.
By dropping out, she lets another gymnast take her spot.
A point that I made on another thread yesterday. Is it possible that USA was able to salvage the Team silver because Biles withdrew? I don’t know how the team competition gets scored.
Clearly this is a mental collapse. Like having your ace starting pitcher hit the first 2 batters in the first game of the World Series. Tough to recover from and it puts your team behind the 8-ball.
No you aren’t an incredible athlete if you withdraw at the first adversity. That is the most basic rule of being an athlete and sports. She is a failure. Furthermore she stole the spot that rightfully belonged to someone else who didn’t get to go to Tokyo and wouldn’t have taken the cowards way out.
If this was a white girl she would be universally reviled.
“Why are so many here so quick to criticize this gymnast?”
Because she’s a lying, selfish bitch?
Which part don’t you get? Her teammates hate her guts. With good reason.
Why are so many here so quick to criticize this gymnast?
…….because we don’t applaud quitters. In golf, isn’t her problem called the ‘Yips’ ? Can’t shake that off.
Why are so many here so quick to criticize this gymnast?
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I’m guessing you didn’t see her television commercial with the trans man in a unitard talking about performing oral sex on Simone?
Ultimately, even her amazing talent could not keep up with her ego. She was no longer merely trying to do her best mentally — she was trying to be the greatest of all time.
If you are just doing your best you expect to have off days and make mistakes. When you are the greatest of all time, you can’t make a mistake and every failure gets magnified and becomes an obstacle that can’t be overcome. Her ego subjected herself to a standard no one can ever meet and she snapped.
I think she’s burnt out. All the attention she’s been getting has taken it’s toll. Her young mind seems to be having trouble coping with all the pressure.
Compare her with child actors who have similar problems dealing with fame and all the baggage associated with it. At least she has the good sense to pull back and re-evaluate. Kudos to her for that.
I’m disappointed like most Americans, I was looking forward to seeing her performances and winning her events, but she is doing the right thing.
She’s already a champion.
Because she's a arrogant, selfish, lefty, HOLE who openly supports BLM riots and is a huge Collin Kaperdick fan... then, in addition to all that, she made a spectacle of herself by quitting on her team and country.
Sorry you're so fkn slow this morning - glad to help.
Her scores were still good. If she stayed in and won a medal, she’d be praised, not criticized.
I agree. People are confusing her with Osaka, which makes their arguments invalid. What has she said or done that is woke? Osaka, plenty; this gymnast, what?