Then perhaps she should have waited until after the Olympics was over to have the bedazzled Goat sewn onto her uniform. 
Posted on 08/01/2021 6:06:54 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Simone Biles has withdrawn from her third individual apparatus final of the Olympics, leaving only one event where she can choose to compete.
Biles on Sunday withdrew from the floor exercise final, which was scheduled for Monday, U.S.A. Gymnastics said in a statement. She had previously said that she would not compete in the uneven bars or vault finals, which are scheduled for Sunday night.
Her last potential event in the Tokyo Games would be the balance beam, and U.S.A. Gymnastics said she would make a decision soon.
“Either way, we’re all behind you, Simone,” the organization said in a statement.
MyKayla Skinner, another American, will take Biles’s place in the vault final. On the floor exercise, Jennifer Gadirova of Britain will move into Biles’s spot.
Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, was expected to repeat as all-around champion, but she withdrew from the all-around and the team final last week, citing mental health issues. She said that she was not mentally prepared to compete and that she was also dealing with a common gymnastics problem of her losing bearings while performing daring maneuvers in the air.
She exited the team final after the vault, and was in the stands to watch her teammate Sunisa Lee win the all-around. Lee was the fifth straight American woman to win that event, following Carly Patterson in 2004, Nastia Liukin in 2008, Gabby Douglas in 2012 and Biles in 2016.
Lee’s next chance at a medal will be on Sunday in the uneven bars, her best event.
A new all-around champion. Sunisa Lee won the gold medal in the women’s all-around competition, taking advantage of Simone Biles’ exit from the competition. Lee has few equals on uneven bars, and may also medal in the event finals.
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Well said
My understanding is she has gone to the Olympics twice before, won a trove of medals, and put her competitive career on hiatus once already. She has nothing to prove as an Olympian but she should have bowed out before she left.
Also well said
If getting the golf yips were life threatening, as the gymnastics twisties are at her level, you’d see more golf pros withdraw from tournaments.
To have got as far as she has and won what she has she has to have mental toughness. I just don’t see the point in bashing her about it—even if she is an annoying leftie.
She earned her spot and clearly didn’t anticipate having this issue during the games.
That’s true too.
She already had her prime time winning 4 golds and a bronze in 2016 in addition to her 19 World Championship gold medals.
24 is around the retirement age in woman’s gymnastics.
Psychiatrists and psychologists peddle psychiatric drugs.
24 year old in women’s gymnastics is like a 40 year old playing basketball. It rarely works out.
I guess liberals don’t want to be part of anything that can’t be rigged in THEIR favor!!
Because she just won't go away and keeps announcing yet another “withdrawal” every day.
Just go away already Simone Biles. Get on the plane and go home.
Why do we even have the Olympics? There are plenty who are better than what we see....but they will never be.
Enough already. Why don’t the media leave the poor woman alone?
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Perhaps the media would leave this “poor woman” alone if she just went home and stopped her quitting once and for all.
What “issue” is that?
Being an attention ho without preforming, while physically fit?
Then perhaps she should have waited until after the Olympics was over to have the bedazzled Goat sewn onto her uniform.
To the extent I care at all, that’s my question. Why now? Had she figured this out sooner, someone else could have gone in her place. She certainly comes off as a self-centered head case.
When she withdrew, she withdrew from all and should have been put on a plane and sent back home. Nuf said
My sister said she might be pregnant.
I don’t believe this but could be , could be.
I think she has a secret of some sort. Could be drugs. Could be some kind of sickness. could be pregnancy.
This backing out because she’s feeling “blue” is the dumbest, the absolute dumbest excuse.
I got a bridge to sell....cheap....to anyone who believe this.
How much of an idiot can you be? She risks her life is she attempts her routines with the wrong mindset.
Somehow I think she’s been a worldclass athlete longer than you have and I don’t see how you’re in a position to judge her perspective or judgment here.
I think it’s too easy to bash her for some. Keyboard Warriors with special inside knowledge and all.
Personally, I don’t know what’s in Simone’s head.
I do know, and have known, some pretty high end athletes who were pressured throughout their careers by parents and coaches. When they burn out, they burn out in grand style.
I was a swim coach for many years, and knew a big swim family in Florida — generations of champion swimmers — the pressure got too much for one. Drugs, alcohol, and a freak accident destroyed his career and almost his life.
Enough already. She’s a kid.
Would you want YOUR kid going through this much scrutiny?
Again, we don’t know the real story — so a little grace would be nice here.
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