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Simone Biles shrugs and says 'there's more to life than just gymnastics' after making a shock exit from team final 'to focus on her mental health' - clearing the way for Russia to take gold in a dramatic upset at the Tokyo Olympics
Daily Mail ^ | 7/27/2021 | CHARLIE LANKSTON

Posted on 07/27/2021 9:15:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

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Greatest of all time? Nope.

And a traitor to her teammates.

1 posted on 07/27/2021 9:15:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Yep she quit on her teammates in this it’s all about me culture we live, screw the team is her attitude


2 posted on 07/27/2021 9:19:09 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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I thought an olympic gold was good for your “mental well being”


3 posted on 07/27/2021 9:19:29 AM PDT by Celerity
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I dont’ know what’s going on here... but maybe her teammates are a bunch of spoiled rotten woke POSs and she walked?


4 posted on 07/27/2021 9:19:51 AM PDT by Levy78
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Mental Health = SJW
I’ve never met a SJW who wasn’t out of their mind nuts.


5 posted on 07/27/2021 9:20:02 AM PDT by Zathras
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Huge difference between pulling out last minute from an individual competition, and doing the same from a team competition. I imagine she won’t get much blowback from this because, well...you know. But she probably should.


6 posted on 07/27/2021 9:20:09 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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Gee, she was “Mentally fit” two weeks ago when she qualified to be in the Olympics..she was happy as a clam then..she is a total fraud..and I used to have respect for her..she straight up quit, cause she knew she couldn’t win so she decided to take the quitting way out..you can bet she will be “Mentally fit” when the singles competition comes around, all of a sudden she will be cured of her mental boo boos


7 posted on 07/27/2021 9:20:36 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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The middle of a team event at the Olympics is the best time to be a selfish narcissist and ensure the focus will remain her.


8 posted on 07/27/2021 9:20:56 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Unless you are physically unable to compete, why waste time, effort and money of Team USA and all the Team USA Olympic infrastructure and just quit? Talk about a real loser.

Eddie "The Eagle" never quit.

9 posted on 07/27/2021 9:21:28 AM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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Black fragility.


10 posted on 07/27/2021 9:21:45 AM PDT by Captainpaintball
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It’s really strange how this is being reported. I’ve heard some reports that claim it’s a “medical issue”, others that say “mental health issue”.

From an optics perspective, it seems Miss Biles isn’t doing herself any favors. Americans tend to not like it when they perceive a quitter or sore loser.


11 posted on 07/27/2021 9:22:26 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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in an NBC puff-piece interview July 26, she mentioned how hard it has become to keep up the constant training, deal with the constant injuries, and how her body has less energy compared to the olympics 5 years ago.

I found it surprisingly downbeat for NBC coverage and no one commented on it.

It clearly showed her true mindset though.


12 posted on 07/27/2021 9:22:45 AM PDT by PGR88
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“Greatest of all time? Nope.

And a traitor to her teammates.”

Disgraceful. ‘

Hopefully she loses every endorsement deal.

Quitter. AND loser.


13 posted on 07/27/2021 9:22:46 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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...’there’s more to life than just gymnastics’ ...”

Said NO Olympic competitor, EVER!


14 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:02 AM PDT by SMARTY (Republics decline into democracies & democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle)
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Mental Health = SJW
I’ve never met a SJW who wasn’t out of their mind nuts.
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True. I think if you have to “focus” on your mental health your ready for the loony bin.


15 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:28 AM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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I believe there’s a serious mental health crisis on the horizon, especially for younger folks. I’m sure being a high-profile, elite athlete puts a lot more stress on a person, but it seems like most younger folks just can’t handle life.

And I completely blame social media. All the “bad stuff” about life is right there, every day, bombarding folks constantly. There’s no down time, at all.


16 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:40 AM PDT by AnglePark
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this is what happens when you force feed feminist bulls#%*....forcing them to be something they are not....


17 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:54 AM PDT by basalt
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She clearly was rattled by her first performance. But to up and quit on her team, wow.

So she’s so messed up that she bailed on the entire competition? Holy cow.
Kiss all that endorsement money goodbye.


18 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:56 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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Wow, epic ghosting.


19 posted on 07/27/2021 9:23:58 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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Simone has certainly acquired her own Gold Medals along the way....makes no sense she would abandon her team at of all places the Olympics! More to this than her mental health.


20 posted on 07/27/2021 9:24:03 AM PDT by caww ( )
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