Simon Biles goes home devastated - quits in middle of team competition

Go Sweden wrote:

Look….facts are facts

You all can spin it any way you like. Stop the nonsense with these long winded, breathless explanations.

She quit.

Athletes given the title of “goat” don’t quit.

She was already the GOAT before Tokyo. This does not change that lol grow up dumb*ss.

letsrun never too stupid to become even more stupid apparently wrote:

Yes, because the only 2 possible options are to either coddle them (by wishing them well, apparently) or harshly criticize them.

Had the same thought with a group of friends in a group message. I love the discussion of mental health and praise her for it but also don’t approve of letting the team down. But, it’s hard to have nuanced opinions in this landscape.

Go Sweden wrote:

Look….facts are facts

You all can spin it any way you like. Stop the nonsense with these long winded, breathless explanations.

She quit.

Athletes given the title of “goat” don’t quit.

Pretty much this. She put that GOAT emblem on her own gear, it wasn't just a title people put on her. She put herself on that pedestal in her mind. Consider her how you want in individual competition, but from a team perspective, she is no GOAT.

This totally reminds me of all those times Michael Jordan decided not to continue playing in the finals because it was too much pressure.

Oh, wait. Real champions block out the mental demons and push through. Paper champions don't.

Bile is a quitter.

No way around it.

She’s taken millions in sponsorship dollars,

And professes to be the goat.

But she walked out on her teammates.

If the woke mob wants to spin this as being ‘brave’,

Then Bile is the next Kardashian.

hdiwnwydh wrote:

This totally reminds me of all those times Michael Jordan decided not to continue playing in the finals because it was too much pressure.

Oh, wait. Real champions block out the mental demons and push through. Paper champions don't.

You guys are all so f**king stupid and it’s because you’ve never succeeded at anything so you couldn’t comprehend. She was already the greatest. Didn’t have to go to Tokyo. She is still the greatest.

Also, she still got her team through qualifiers. Wouldn’t have even been in the final without her. You guys are just misogynist trash. Losers.

The woke mob all want participation trophies for quitting.

go pound salt. Seriously

I just watched her vault on NBC's night coverage (8:15). The commentators suggested something was terribly wrong with her, the vault wasn't impressive and she looked horrible. It absolutely made sense for her to bail. This is too dangerous a sport. A quarterback could stand in the pocket and overthrow a receiver, a baseball player could strike out swinging, a runner false start, a gymnast could get paralyzed.

coach wrote:

juvie wrote:

Kobe might’ve missed 30 in a row, he still would’ve taken the 31st shot

And he was a rapist.

FIFY

MeTooExceptForKobe wrote:

coach wrote:

And he was a rapist.

FIFY

I was never a Kobe fan but he would have made his 31st. Fixed it for me? I dont think like that.

Nuge wrote:

Wow.

What if Tom Brady decided not to come out after halftime because there was so much pressure on him to win......

Yes but would Tom Brady come out to do an olympic floor exercise, I think he would not.

Just saw it….

She legit walked out and left her teammates hanging.

Unprecedented.

Awful.

coach wrote:

I just watched her vault on NBC's night coverage (8:15). The commentators suggested something was terribly wrong with her, the vault wasn't impressive and she looked horrible. It absolutely made sense for her to bail. This is too dangerous a sport. A quarterback could stand in the pocket and overthrow a receiver, a baseball player could strike out swinging, a runner false start, a gymnast could get paralyzed.

It also sounded like a coach talked to her about changing or maybe scaling back her routine and she said "I don't want to do anything stupid" which can be interpreted a few ways.....

I’ll bet she has been targeted by a Russian Havana Syndrome attack. Russian win has great propaganda value for Putin.

nadia who? wrote:

Simone Biles is easily the GOAT! She has a 8 page thread on a running message board within 12 hours of not competing. Dominating the minds of people who don't even follow her sport. She dominates her opponents when she competes, and she dominates insecure men when she does not compete. Complete mastery!

Post full of dumb.

Why don't you pull a Biles and quit this thread.

She didn’t have aderrall

She is the best gymnast I have ever seen, which is only every 4 years. It’s unfortunate that she had to withdraw. Mental struggles are real, especially with the international stage in technical events. This doesn’t change my opinion of her overall status in gymnastics.

It might drop her on the list of all time greats across sports in general. As many have said extreme pressure is when athletes like Jordan and Tiger shined. These are the highest pressure situations and you’re competing against the best in the world and sometimes those who can handle the pressure the best become the best.

To reiterate she’s the best I’ve seen. Just don’t tell me that it’s the most GOAT thing she’s ever done. That’s complete nonsense. That’s like saying Bekele DNFing a marathon is the most GOAT thing he’s done, although he is good at it. I still don’t dislike her, she just had a bad Olympic performance.

Plain and simple.

None of Russia’s athletes left the floor and their teammates hanging mid-competition.

Russia won.

Embarrassing for US and the girl that promotes subway sandwiches.

youarelosers wrote:

hdiwnwydh wrote:

This totally reminds me of all those times Michael Jordan decided not to continue playing in the finals because it was too much pressure.

Oh, wait. Real champions block out the mental demons and push through. Paper champions don't.

You guys are all so f**king stupid and it’s because you’ve never succeeded at anything so you couldn’t comprehend. She was already the greatest. Didn’t have to go to Tokyo. She is still the greatest.

Also, she still got her team through qualifiers. Wouldn’t have even been in the final without her. You guys are just misogynist trash. Losers.

This is a typical liberal stereotyping statement. I have succeeded at going from a lower income Midwestern small town with no options to middle management at a fortune 500 company, and never scoring a point for my college team in track to breaking that institutions records post collegiately and barely missing Olympic qualifying standards.

She accepted the team spot and excluded others and bailed at the first difficulty.