Posted on 08/03/2021 7:53:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Simone Biles has won bronze in the women's balance beam final after pulling out of other events at the Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health issues.
The star gymnast received a score of 14.000 in her return to competition, placing her behind Chinese gymnasts Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing. It was the seventh Olympic medal for Biles, tying her with Shannon Miller for the most ever for an American gymnast.
"I didn't expect a medal today, I just wanted to go out there for me and that's what I did," Biles told reporters after receiving the bronze.
Teammate Suni Lee placed fifth after nearly losing her balance during her routine.
The 24-year-old Biles won bronze on beam in Rio de Janeiro five years ago and qualified for the eight-woman final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on the first weekend of the Games.
She removed herself from the team final on July 27 after a shaky performance on vault during the first rotation. She watched from the sidelines as her three American teammates completed the meet without her. The U.S. took silver behind the team known as the Russian Olympic Committee.
Biles qualified for all five individual event finals but took herself out of four of them: the all-around, vault, floor exercise and uneven bars. Lee earned the gold in the all-around, becoming the fifth straight American to claim the sport's marquee title.
After withdrawing from the team and individual all-arounds, Biles said she became disorientated while competing on vault, which gymnasts refer to as "the twisties." She explained that she started to have the problem after her qualifying round at the Games.
"It's honestly petrifying trying to do a skill but not having your mind and body in sync," she said. "10/10 do not recommend."
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Uh huh.
“I’m too sick…..
Now I’m OK…..
I didn’t win…..
I think I really screwed up…..”
WGAF. Let’s hear it for the WINNERS of these events.
Maybe she saw her teammates winning gold and silver and suddenly had a mental breakthrough.
(Attention whore much......)
A bit more balance and she would have had gold. ( and much more)
I’m not mentally well enough to compete with my team mates, but I’m mentally well enough to compete by myself.
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Hmmmmm…..
The Chinese won…..
Hmmmm…..
I think a great many people feel differently about Simone after this little caper. If she was that messed up mentally, emotionally, why not jump on the next flight home and have Mommy put her to bed?
Instead, she sees her ‘back-up’ Olympians winning without her, even winning Gold, then she got that other kind of fever again, the drive to win and be praised. I’m glad she had to ‘settle for’ Bronze.
That photo is no big deal.
I’ve done that several times just going down the stairs.
It’s just sports. Good for her!
Well she’s got the Oprah Interview all sewn up.
“I.....I.....me.....I”
It’s all about Simone.
What does that even mean, that she wanted to go out there for her, and not her team? I don’t understand.
Simone Biles denied Suni Lee (USA) and Ellie Black (Canada) the bronze.
Simone did not help the USA medal count.
Two Communist Chinese girls received the gold and silver.
That jumped out at me too.
OK YOU GOT ME LAUGHING here!!
I wish it had been Suni Lee. What a star!
Why wasn’t she sent home after declaring herself mentally unfit to compete? Poor kid needs help and the USOC did nothing to help her situation.
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