Could be she’s under a lot of pressure from people and groups to “represent” and be a “role model.”
If strangers came up to me all the time to say “we’re counting on you” or “you need to represent,” that would probably play on my nerves and put me off my game, too.
I’m not talking about proud Americans who wish her to do well in the games. I’m talking about political groups with an agenda to push using her as their vehicle for achieving some political end.
That’s just nonsense.....she’s been at this for years and knows well the pressures involved. You don’t wait til an Olympics moment where you’re to perform ‘as a team’ member to announce you’re quitting. Especially when you’ve bumped another candidate prior.
I don’t know why any woman would want to be a gymnast. They starve them and work them like street hoes. No wonder they have mental breakdowns.