As team captain, why did she put herself in the 'team' competition, only to withdraw due to 'mental issues' (her words) if there were 'alternates' that wee willing to compete?
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Biles is the greatest female gymnast of all time with 5 Olympic medals from Rio. She had proven she is plenty mentally tough. To be doing it at 24 is also crazy. I don't know what's going on in her head or if she's injured, but she has nothing to prove. This was basically the send off of an already incredible career.
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LOL No I wouldn't..and you can't cite one example either.
This is an instance where nuance is quite valuable.
Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time. To get to her level, you have to be extremely mentally tough, extremely physically tough, you have to have intense commitment and dedication to what you do, and you have to deal with pressure and the highest of stakes. She has done all that with aplomb and should be celebrated for it. This should not tarnish her legacy or anything she has already accomplished.
Today was a failure. I don't mean in any grand sense, but for the goal of competing in the Olympics, it was a failure. She doesn't owe me anything, and I'm not personally offended at her move. She is free to do as she chooses and she felt like she couldn't compete at her best today. That's fine. But part of what being an Olympic champion entails, as she well knows, is facing the pressure of the world's attention and years and years of training to culminate in one moment and overcoming it. She has done it with flying colors in the past but didn't do it today. She should be celebrated for doing it in the past, and I'm ok if she is criticized for not doing it today.
And then let's not make it more than it is. Like I said, it shouldn't tarnish her overall legacy, and it doesn't mean she's a quitter, etc. But it also shouldn't be celebrated. Today she let herself and her team down. It happens, and I wouldn't be surprised if she looks back on this down the road and actually wishes she had responded differently.
And neither does yours or mine ... and hiding just might be the appropriate word... mental excuses work better because a doctor can't really point to anything.... and don't tell me that I don't know what's going on in her head because you would be right- but if it's that bad then why does she think she can compete in a few days or a week?
He's a terrible poster and you just have to scroll past him or put him on your ignore list like I did .... bottom line is she went through competition to get her position on this team which meant someone else that didn't make the team could've competed..... she competed and won so she has an obligation to at least compete and TRY .... I remember in HS my senior year I tore up my shoulder with two games left ... I started and played both of those remaining games and then was operated on by putting a big pin in to pin my separated shoulder back together.... don't come at me with this mental crap because it's very difficult for some of us to accept
She's been perfect up until this point in her career, so I think she'll be fine.
Wow! Just wow. Keep on being Mississippi people... Holy sh*t.
ETA... obviously not everyone on here.
Personally, I think she has the "yips". She felt she had the burden of the whole team on her shoulders and the pressure seems to have gotten to her. At least she knew it and bailed out so it wouldn't hurt her team anymore than it already had.
Smootness summed it up. Case closed.
I thought one of the announcers said it may be a type of vertigo where gymnastics lose track of where they are when tumbling or spinning.
You are under the impression that a doctor's diagnosis is needed for her NOT to compete. Once again, you missed the point. It is 100% up to her whether she is going to compete. Whatever is going on with her, no one knows, it doesn't matter. At this point she feels as if competing is not in hers or her teams best interest. Who are we to question that?
I agree. But none of us knows the circumstances of this withdraw. Does it suck, yes. Is she "Hiding" behind mental health.... no. Should it be celebrated, no. Should we come down like some self righteous asshats, no.
At the end of the day, our alternate had a shot to do stand up and fill in. That is why we have one.
For those that don't understand what mental health challenges are going on in this generation that's intermediate school to about 25, I implore you to do some research.
I deal with it almost every day at school. There are so many kids that don't know how to handle things and they are being exposed to much more than their brains can process. And it's affecting them in a very negative way.
Spend a week in a public school and figure out what's really going on with the health of our youth and young adults and you'll change your mind about how desperate this situation is if you don't already know. It's bad and getting worse.