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re: Gymnastics - Simone Biles dominant again

Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:04 pm to
Posted by REG861
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:04 pm to
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This isn’t a hindsight thing that she realized after the fact. She literally said she was going through so much stress and wasn’t in the right space to be competing in Tokyo and should have quit gymnastics way before Tokyo to get right lol But go on and keep finding reasons to excuse


Bump.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:04 pm to
I don't think he's coming back to this thread.
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:06 pm to
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Wat


Stupid redneck fricksticks here need to spout fake bullshite to hide their true feelings. You know why they really don’t like her.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:07 pm to
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That said…she still quit on her team three years ago, blaming stress, then retroactively claiming it was the twisties when people started criticizing her withdrawal.


Seeing as how the FBI ran interference for her abuser, I give her a lot of credit for not having worse mental issues.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:08 pm to
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she still quit on her team



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claiming it was the twisties

Everyone in the gymnastics world.knew it was the Twisties.

You dumb, mouth breathing, racist fricktards just can't get through your Cro-Mangun heads that Twisties (yips).is a much different animal in gymnastics than in the stick and ball sports and that she was at risk of injury or even paralysis. That's why she stepped down.

It's not that fricking hard.
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 9:16 pm
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:08 pm to
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You know why they really don’t like her.

Exactly.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:10 pm to
I’m watching it again because
It was just special to see.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:13 pm to
Lost in the shuffle is Suni Lee. She was so clutch.

And she's beautiful.
Posted by Porpus
Covington, LA
Member since Aug 2022
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:29 pm to
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Stupid redneck fricksticks here need to spout fake bullshite to hide their true feelings. You know why they really don’t like her.



That's a real phenomenon, but in Biles' case I think the "mental health" part explains the hostility. That's just not something that resonates with people older than 40 or so years old- myself included.

That said, not all "mental illnesses" are created equal. A kleptomaniac is not a schizophrenic person is not a person who got the "yips" at the Olympics. My sympathy levels differ widely across those three people, and the yips victim is kind of in the middle of the three.

I think if I got the yips at a highly visible sporting event, and had to be sat down, I'd lean more towards saying "I just wasn't performing up to par, or even close" than to invoking "mental health." Call it "the yips" either way, I guess.
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 9:31 pm
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:31 pm to
At least you are sympathetic without calling her a quitter.

The yips are mental.

The yips in gymnastics can literally kill you
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 9:32 pm
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:32 pm to
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You know why they really don’t like her.
Posted by DMagic
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:42 pm to
Why don’t they like her?
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:51 pm to
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I would not agree with this, but, I'd give it some credence if Tim Daggett wasn't able to see, while she was in mid-air, that she was unaware of where she was. You can see it on her face when she lands. It was like a surprise to her. Regardless of why or how she got to that point, once she was at that point, she had to leave the competition. This was not about her being below the normal level of performance (though her scores were not where most people thought they would be). She was clearly unaware of where she was in space.


Then why didn’t she just say that?
Why hide behind “mental health” excuse?
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
53544 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:57 pm to
She did say that
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:27 pm to
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blaming stress, then retroactively claiming it was the twisties when people started criticizing her withdrawal.


She still says it was stress-induced. I feel like anyone who hates her because of her attitude in Tokyo should be forced to watch her Netflix doc.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27600 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 12:32 am to
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She'll quit at the first sign of adversity


I would love to see you handle 1/10 the pressure she goes through.

Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27600 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 12:37 am to
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Then why didn’t she just say that?
Why hide behind “mental health” excuse?


Because both are obviously related to one another.

Like getting the yips in golf or having the Steve Sax syndrome in baseball. Both are connected to your mental health.
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
3875 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 6:39 am to
It’s called the twisties

Now will you come back and admit you’re an idiot? Of course not
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 6:39 am to
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
38021 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 7:08 am to
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Why don’t they like her?

I'll go ahead and say it:

Because she's black.

And because she's successful on top of it.
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