[Alberta's Child]

A lot of her pressure was self-imposed, and a lot of it was a function of her prior success and the media build-up to her second appearance in the Olympics. I don't remember a similar media frenzy over her before she won anything in 2016 ... but then again, I hardly pay any attention to the Olympics anyway. I don't even remember where the 2016 Olympics were held.

The whole racial angle of this article is baffling. What the hell difference does it make what color her skin is?

If anything, the only racial element that is worth noting is that the story of the 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team may very well capture the essence of what is happening across American society in general -- with a young girl from an Asian immigrant family succeeding after the black girl quit.

[jpsb]

A lot of her pressure was self-imposed, and a lot of it was a function of her prior success and the media build-up to her second appearance in the Olympics.

Bad coaching, it was her coaches job to see to it that she was mentally able to compete. If he/she could not do that he/she had a responsibility to resign and let some other coach try. Nothing says BIG PROBLEMS AHEAD like a good coach resigning.