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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LOL!
“GOAT”
I can’t watch gymnastics. It gives me the ‘twisties’.
I guess she got over her latest bout quick.
I can’t watch gymnastics. It gives me the ‘twisties’.
I guess she got over her latest bout quick.
Exactly....So she’s made it clear it’s truly all about her....not the team, not the country.
RE: “GOAT”
For me, Nadia Comaneci is still the GOAT in female gymnastics.
The media over exposed the hell out of her. If there’s an article about any gymnast there’s always a mention or photo of her no matter who’s it’s about.
So much ignorance in this thread.
Actually, I’m guessing she had an epiphany; like oh $h!t, losers don’t get their pic on a Wheaties box, or do tv commercials, or endorse products! How am I going to make a living? Maybe asking if someone wants to supersize the fries and drink 😂….?
She couldn’t stand the fact that Shannon Miller had more Olympic medals than she did. So, now they’re tied. Selfish, egotistical, quitter Simone should have been sent home immediately after throwing her hissy fit after screwing up her vault routine. The entire team had to accommodate the GOAT….gutless one AKA traitor 😣
In other words, she finished 3rd, got her ass kicked!
She got Bronze, that’s great and all, but do they even bother to mention who actually won the Gold?
Doing it for herself...not her country?
Very selfish woman.
Tom Bergeron (host): "I was waiting for you to smile at some of the compliments. You didn't."
Simone Biles: "Smiling doesn't win you gold medals."
Tom Bergeron: "Oh, okay."
“I just wanted to go out there for me”
How very true. (That was not a compliment)
Simone Biles is beloved. It might not hurt to figure out why.
She did. She got the team into the final where they won silver.
A lot of athletes who aren’t mentally unwell compete in the Special Olympics. It’s strange how you put that in quotes.
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