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Simone Biles out of Olympic gymnastics team competition in Tokyo
Yahoo Sports ^ | 07/27/21 | Dan Wentzel

Posted on 07/27/2021 5:51:06 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

TOKYO — Simone Biles was pulled from the team competition here Tuesday after an awkward, low-scoring attempt on vault, leaving the United States, which was already locked in a tough battle with Russia, in serious trouble as it seeks its third consecutive gold medal.

Biles bailed out on her expected vault, attempting just a Yurchenko 1.5. She still needed a massive bounce/stumble upon landing.

She looked to be in tears as she left the mat and then soon walked out of the arena floor with a trainer from USA Gymnastics.

She did not appear to suffer any obvious physical injury during her attempt. NBC reported that she was dealing with a “mental issue” not a physical one. USA Gymnastics would just describe it as a "medical issue."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: olympics; simonebile; simonebiles; wokechoke
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Pressure? Poor NBC.
1 posted on 07/27/2021 5:51:06 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
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To: winoneforthegipper

You’re woke,

and a joke.


2 posted on 07/27/2021 5:54:05 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: winoneforthegipper

It’s just a disaster. And the Russians had two meltdowns on beam but Americans were underscored on that apparatus so it didn’t really matter. So much corruption. So much media nonsense. The Olympics aren’t fun anymore.


3 posted on 07/27/2021 5:54:17 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Stravinsky

Sports that depend on judges really isn’t a sport.


4 posted on 07/27/2021 5:57:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Intentionally throwing the game because she hates the US?


5 posted on 07/27/2021 5:57:54 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Stravinsky

I have watched only but a moment. It was exhausting even for that minute.


6 posted on 07/27/2021 5:58:08 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: dfwgator

Good point.


7 posted on 07/27/2021 5:58:22 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Steely Tom

Simone Biles has made a point of being public friends with another gymnast who the left has been trying to cancel due to controversial Instagram posts, so it would surprise me if she’s personally anymore “woke” than USA Gymnastics forces her to be.


8 posted on 07/27/2021 5:59:38 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Steely Tom

NBC built their entire advertising scheme around Biles. Certainly not fair for her but she liked endorsement flow, so.


10 posted on 07/27/2021 6:00:46 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Stravinsky

was thinking the same thing....all i hear is “female this...and female that”...how theres more female athletes there than male...exactly what are they trying to prove??...now the uniforms are sexist...blah blah blah...give out gold medals in man hating and be done with it...because i am....


11 posted on 07/27/2021 6:02:06 AM PDT by basalt
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To: winoneforthegipper
NBC built their entire advertising scheme around Biles.

Gee that sucks.

12 posted on 07/27/2021 6:02:31 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: dfwgator

The Russians did do solid on the final floor apparatus, so the overall win may not have been undeserved, but then one has to think about how the lowball scoring earlier might have impacted the Americans psychologically on that event and so on. It’s just the messiest women’s final I’ve ever seen.


13 posted on 07/27/2021 6:02:38 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Skywise

“Intentionally throwing the game because she hates the US?”

According to the story this was to be her “send off” indicating this was her last competition. I seriously doubt she would want to go out in this way.


14 posted on 07/27/2021 6:02:50 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Mr. Mojo

Source for that?


15 posted on 07/27/2021 6:03:38 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: winoneforthegipper
NBC built their entire advertising scheme around Biles. Certainly not fair for her but she liked endorsement flow, so.

And it seems half the ads have that lesbo soccer player.

16 posted on 07/27/2021 6:03:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steely Tom

she’s not woke or BLM- get a life and do some research


17 posted on 07/27/2021 6:05:34 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

OK, I looked it up and sorry, but it was a Costa Rican gymnast that did that. Pretty awful to call someone a “woke bitch” when you don’t even get the country right.


18 posted on 07/27/2021 6:06:24 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Mr. Mojo

Really? Got a source for that? Or are you just making shit up now?


19 posted on 07/27/2021 6:06:50 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: winoneforthegipper

Yeah, schadenfreude for NBC.
They and the rest of the media have been hyping her for 5+ years now, “the GOAT”, etc. She’s good but all the gushing is overdone, gee wonder why?

One of her teammates got a shockingly low score in an event, the balance beam I think.
Even the commentators noticed it - makes one suspicious the judges are determined to push the designated favorites. Maybe a bit of guilt started sinking in.


20 posted on 07/27/2021 6:08:37 AM PDT by GnuThere
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