She clearly was rattled by her first performance. But to up and quit on her team, wow.
So she’s so messed up that she bailed on the entire competition? Holy cow.
Kiss all that endorsement money goodbye.
Do you remember Kerri Strug? ‘Nuff said....
She should have stood on a balance beam and screamed “NO MAS, NO MAS”. Wait ... that was done already minus the balance beam.
“...we’ll take it one day at a time...”
Taking one day at a time means you flub it one day (or one minute) and you have a new chance the next day (or next minute) to go at it again.
Granted, some sports require that attitude more than others. A goalie IS going to get scored on every game usually, a pitcher is going to throw a home-run ball most games, etc. They need to be able to shrug those off and move on quickly.
But even a flub in a sport like gymnastics where they are nearly perfect all the time - well, you have to move on and “take it day by day”. Not give up in the middle of what to many is the biggest sporting event they will ever be in. Especially in the team event. What a loser.