Biles out

[Anonymous]

Regardless of the nature of her medical issues, I feel for her. She has carried the weight of women's gymnastics on her shoulders. That being said, I can't see how she can continue with the individual events after withdrawing from the team competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Carl Quintanilla's Twitter:
* SIMONE BILES SAYS NOT INJURED "JUST A LITTLE INJURY TO MY PRIDE"

* SIMONE BILES: "AFTER THE PERFORMANCE I DID I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON"

* SIMONE BILES: "WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT THURSDAY"

Like what?! She pulled out of a *team* competition because she wasn't happy with how she performed?? That is not GOAT material. I understand she is under a ton of pressure but so are other athletes at that level, and they haven't quit on their team because they were unhappy with their individual performance.

On the other hand, she gave her alternate a chance to compete. She probably would have cost them the gold anyway had she continued to compete. Perhaps even a medal at all. Better to get out of the way than contribute to the problem.

Did you watch the video? She clearly landed awkwardly on her ankle during the vault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The gymnastics she is doing is so dangerous. Her head has to be 100% or she could break her neck. She is not 16 but 24 and she knows what she is doing.

+1. Her health and safety come first. Also, from a team perspective, it's three up three count. She struggled with her vault in warmups and got a bad score. Falls on other events might have taken them out of medal contention completely.

[Anonymous]

Televised sports are entertainment. Participate at your own peril.

All of the bad things that happen to athletes happen because people watch them.

Think about that when you choose to watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Carl Quintanilla's Twitter:
* SIMONE BILES SAYS NOT INJURED "JUST A LITTLE INJURY TO MY PRIDE"

* SIMONE BILES: "AFTER THE PERFORMANCE I DID I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON"

* SIMONE BILES: "WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT THURSDAY"

Like what?! She pulled out of a *team* competition because she wasn't happy with how she performed?? That is not GOAT material. I understand she is under a ton of pressure but so are other athletes at that level, and they haven't quit on their team because they were unhappy with their individual performance.

On the other hand, she gave her alternate a chance to compete. She probably would have cost them the gold anyway had she continued to compete. Perhaps even a medal at all. Better to get out of the way than contribute to the problem.

Did you watch the video? She clearly landed awkwardly on her ankle during the vault.

I’m the second poster, I think you were referring to the person saying her quitting over mental health is not a GOAT move. I competed briefly as a gymnast and have followed the sport since the early 90’s. I will watch the recap tonight on nbc. My point was that gymnastics is pretty political in addition to everything else, and I’m happy that her “replacement” was given the chance to step up and perform, and to contribute to a medal of any color. Also, when you’re off, you’re off; she probably sensed that she had nothing left to contribute to the team and knew her performance might hinder the team performance, so in that sense, she did not quit on her team. She likely did the team a favor. Gymnasts are intimately familiar with their own bodies...there’s pushing through and there’s hitting a wall. If you try to push through when you’ve hit a wall, you can be gravely injured. Google Elena Mukhina from the 70s/80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of what the medical issue is, I feel so bad that these women had so much hype going into the Olympics. It's too much for most people. Ms. Biles was constantly called the "Greatest Of All Time" and I get how that's a blessing, but it also must be a curse. Sports are supposed to be enjoyable activities at some level.

Thanks to that hype, she’ll be able to live off of the millions that she made in endorsements. No hype means going home and getting a job

[Anonymous]

Natalie Pirks
@Natpirks
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1h
Good news. Our man
@JohnWatsonSport
has just spoken to
@Simone_Biles
.Said she is ok but “dealing with some things internally that will get fixed in the next few days.” He asked her if she will be back here on Thursday for the women’s all around final - she said YES. #Tokyo2020

[Anonymous]

Isn’t she technically over the hill when it comes to her profession? Over the hill and cracked under pressure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t she technically over the hill when it comes to her profession? Over the hill and cracked under pressure.

You know nothing about gymnastics. Both assertions are completely wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From Carl Quintanilla's Twitter:
* SIMONE BILES SAYS NOT INJURED "JUST A LITTLE INJURY TO MY PRIDE"

* SIMONE BILES: "AFTER THE PERFORMANCE I DID I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON"

* SIMONE BILES: "WE'RE GOING TO SEE ABOUT THURSDAY"

Like what?! She pulled out of a *team* competition because she wasn't happy with how she performed?? That is not GOAT material. I understand she is under a ton of pressure but so are other athletes at that level, and they haven't quit on their team because they were unhappy with their individual performance.

On the other hand, she gave her alternate a chance to compete. She probably would have cost them the gold anyway had she continued to compete. Perhaps even a medal at all. Better to get out of the way than contribute to the problem.

Did you watch the video? She clearly landed awkwardly on her ankle during the vault.

I’m the second poster, I think you were referring to the person saying her quitting over mental health is not a GOAT move. I competed briefly as a gymnast and have followed the sport since the early 90’s. I will watch the recap tonight on nbc. My point was that gymnastics is pretty political in addition to everything else, and I’m happy that her “replacement” was given the chance to step up and perform, and to contribute to a medal of any color. Also, when you’re off, you’re off; she probably sensed that she had nothing left to contribute to the team and knew her performance might hinder the team performance, so in that sense, she did not quit on her team. She likely did the team a favor. Gymnasts are intimately familiar with their own bodies...there’s pushing through and there’s hitting a wall. If you try to push through when you’ve hit a wall, you can be gravely injured. Google Elena Mukhina from the 70s/80s.

I respect your perspective and I think you're right. I don't look forward to all the armchair quarterbacking we're going to see about this. She's a grown woman, and she's been a strong voice for the sport, but she is still so young.

[Anonymous]

Can we just support her? So sick of the media always building women up to tear them down. Whether or not she never competes again, she's a GOAT. The end.

[Anonymous]

Good - so overrated and overhyped.

[Anonymous]

Funny - I bet you can't name one gold medal winner without looking it up. So much commercialization of biles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good - so overrated and overhyped.

I'm not sure how an athlete who can do skills that no other female gymnast can do can possibly be overrated or overhyped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we just support her? So sick of the media always building women up to tear them down. Whether or not she never competes again, she's a GOAT. The end.

You can't be AGOAT. You have to be THE GOAT