McLaughlin gives finger to Biles

5 sections wrote:

In her post heat interview McLaughlin says

"Pressure is an illusion"

Another post from a limp noodle guy who has accomplished nothing.

Being the world record holder doesn't make you GOAT. It only makes you the fastest ever. Mclaughlin has the potential to be GOAT no doubt but at the moment Dalila Muhammad is ahead of her in accomplishments. If holding world records makes you GOAT then Cheptegai is GOAT long distance track, Diba a is GOAT 1500. Gidey is GOAT long distance track women and Kandie is GOAT half marathon.

Sydney has focused on her love of God so I really doubt she would throw shade at anyone intentionally.

"People say the media created her and you know they put upon this pressure. Not really,” Cejudo said. “They only give you a platform, a limelight. It's up to you to believe it and to accept it. If you start to think you're the GOAT and the greatest of all time, then that’s on you.”

‘Triple C’ then doubled down on his take, saying that he believed Biles made a mistake in withdrawing from the Olympic games.

“I do believe she made a mistake. I think now she kind of tends to take it back knowing that a lot of things are backfiring,” Cejudo said. “But if I had to give my two cents and I hope she listens to this, I'm not going to tag her. But if one of you guys want to tag her and she ends up listening to it, I think it would help her a lot.

“There's two things that pressure can do. Pressure could either break, or it could make diamonds. Pressure could either bust pipes or it can create and make diamonds. You choose what to do for it, or what to do with it, remember that.”

"the sexual abuse card"? I quit this place.

Big fan of what she has accomplished but her withdrawal gave others the chance to shine, and they did, so kudos to them. If she wasn't up to the task so be it.

And lets be honest the olympics make a lot of money (billions?) for TV and the Olympic people and except for NIL the athletes get very little.

When I first heard she withdrew I had 2 off base thoughts

1. She rightfully asked the olympic committee for 1mm dollars to perform and they declined or

2. She was popped for PEDs and they said 'how about you withdraw from the competition and we pretend we never found out'?

I mean if we're gonna have a conspiracy theory lets put our heads together and find one...

5 sections wrote:

In her post heat interview McLaughlin says

"Pressure is an illusion"

It could be a shot at Biles, but I don't think it helps anyone to assume the worst (or something like the worst) about a comment. Honestly, it sounds more to me like typical athlete-speak without any intentional reference to Biles. Athlete-speak is a way of reassuring yourself, and possibly your fan base as well, of what probably isn't really true. I would prefer folks didn't feel they need to talk that way, but I don't think we need to assume Biles is the target here. By the way, if pressure is an illusion, why do most top athletes perform best under pressure?

She was asked about pressure. Had nothing to do with Biles. She answered honestly as her own opinion to the question. Don’t read into it. She’s the epitome of an Olympian competitor

short fat white dude wrote:

5 sections wrote:

In her post heat interview McLaughlin says

"Pressure is an illusion"

Biles has suffered more than any Olympian ever. Sid has no clue. Sad

She said nothing about Biles she was answering a question on pressure. Don’t start reading into anything

yall are informal pacers wrote:

short fat white dude wrote:

Biles has suffered more than any Olympian ever. Sid has no clue. Sad

Please explain the suffered more than any Olympian ever remark.

This^

5 sections wrote:

In her post heat interview McLaughlin says

"Pressure is an illusion"

Yes. That’s what she said. And it’s true. What are you reading into about Biles. Loser

Might not like it, but she is spot on correct. Pressure is only created in your own head. Nothing more, nothing less. How you react to things is nothing more than a personal choice. You simply were not prepared.

StillRunnin wrote:

Might not like it, but she is spot on correct. Pressure is only created in your own head. Nothing more, nothing less. How you react to things is nothing more than a personal choice. You simply were not prepared.

Does your ability to handle pressure help you with your stressful, monthly fun runs?

Stop it! Do you honestly think she gives a s**t about biles? Do you think she even knows? High level pros are in the zone and focus on what they can control...not the media and story of the day. That what separates the great from others. And its not something you hold onto forever. For those thinking she’ s taking a jab, you don't understand High performance and you need to take a basic psych 101 class sometime.

StillRunnin wrote:

Might not like it, but she is spot on correct. Pressure is only created in your own head. Nothing more, nothing less. How you react to things is nothing more than a personal choice. You simply were not prepared.

Exactly. Mind games. Comes with the territory of competition. Some are better at controlling it than others depending on the situation

......... wrote:

I think by being the World Record holder it is the literal definition of GOAT

Muhamad is technically the GOAT.

Delete this thread. Worst title, worst commenters. Most LRC post of all time.How is this the first thing I see when I pull up this site?

Couple of things,

1) Nice work by the OP who (and I am going to guess deliberately) showed how easy it is to take a part of a remark, thus removing the context, and applying it to a related but different story in order create and pedal a narrative. For those of you who fell for this hook, line - nice one.

2) What she said isn't incorrect and if you are offended it doesn't mean you are right. Sport is voluntary for her and therefore "pressure" in the sense of sports is kind of meaningless because it is just voluntary. Her life or anyone close to her doesn't depend on the result of these games - she will tangibly make more money if she wins - but maybe this isn't important for her. She wants to win but doesn't need to and therefore the "pressure" really isn't pressure but personal expectation and she is mature enough to have full control over that.

End of story but again I applaud the OP work here in getting so much furor and debate started over basically nothing - it's sadly far too easy in the year 2021 which they cleverly exhibited.

Rojo is autistic wrote:

Delete this thread. Worst title, worst commenters. Most LRC post of all time.How is this the first thing I see when I pull up this site?

No keep it here - it's a classic piece of satire and one people can learn from.