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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read it's her ankle, not sure where the mental stuff is coming from.

She's struggled with injuries this year, that level of gymnastics is extremely hard on your body and almost all the elite athletes battle injuries as a result.

But the reality is also that while a prominent and well publicized one, the Olympics are just another competition and you don't risk permanent injury for a single competition.[/quote]

Tell that to Artur Dalaloyan. He did all 6 events in the qualifying and team competition despite rupturing  his Achilles 3 months ago, being unable to do any dismounts at all as of 6 weeks ago or jump with 2 feet, and having not practiced his floor routine at all. He did both vault and floor in both rounds of competition this week despite not being medically cleared for either.

This is not a criticism of Biles, more a commentary on Artur Dalaloyan being insane. But the Olympics push people to do things that are objectively illogical. He sounded almost resigned to blowing up his leg but seemed to think it was worth it.

Poor Simone. What timing. [/quote]

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