Withdrawing in the middle of a round due to injury happens - and is considered OK. Choking in the middle of the last round at a Major happens and people talk but also don't call them a quitter or other names.
She fails to stick that landing and has a career-ending injury - or in the hospital with a broken neck. See Karrie Strug.
Biased memory and hypocritical standards are hilarious.
None of whom ever quit in the middle of a tournament citing “mental stress”. They fought on through rain, bad weather whatever.
Can you just keep coughing?
Withdrawing in the middle of a round due to injury happens - and is considered OK.
Neither Osaka nor Biles were injured when they quit.
Choking in the middle of the last round at a Major happens and people talk but also don't call them a quitter or other names.
Choking happens in every sport. Quitting when you are physically fit and letting your team down is another matter altogether.
They ARE quitters.
She fails to stick that landing and has a career-ending injury - or in the hospital with a broken neck.
Every single gymnast takes that risk every time they are training or competing. If you are constantly scared of getting injured, you shouldn't be in that sport. You can always go and grow flowers.
That would be Kerri Strug to you, a real genuine American hero, who fought on DESPITE her injury and won the gold for America. And is still loved by America up till today.
Read this:
You see, back then, Team USA was not the juggernaut it is today. Russia and Romania were clearly the teams to beat. Then, the Magnificent Seven — comprised of Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jayice Phelps and Strug — pulled off an incredible run to win the first team all-around gold medal for women's gymnastics in United States history.
Before the Atlanta Olympics, the Americans only had one silver medal in the team all-around in 1984, and two bronze medals, including the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. There's no doubt the team was getting better, but coach Bela Karolyi expected greatness and wasn't going to stop pushing until Team USA got the job done.
Strug left her family in Arizona to train with the team in Houston, Texas.
These are only part of what made the first gold medal over the Russians and Romanians so special. The rest of it belonged to 18-year-old Kerri Strug, her injured ankle, and the determination to never give up during the team competition, which included the uneven bars, vault, floor exercise, and balance beam.
The story from July 23, 1996, has been told millions of times, but it never gets old. That day, Strug, a Tucson, Arizona native, had the weight of the country on her shoulder
In the final event — the vault — and after 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu failed to secure the 9.430 needed to win twice, it was all up to Strug.
That's a lot of pressure for a teenager, to pull off the historic upset on your home turf, but Strug was ready.
Unfortunately, Strug landed awkwardly and fell to the mat on her first vault. Even more unfortunate, she heard her ankle pop.
As it turns out, she had torn two ligaments in her ankle. But one more vault was needed for that team gold medal, and Bela Karolyi looked to Strug to make it happen, despite the injury.
Strug somehow got set for a second vault, somehow how sprinted down the runway, somehow sprung off the board, and somehow stuck the landing to win the Olympic gold medal.
Nothing wrong with my memory. It's still better than an individual like you who keeps insisting that an unreliable quitter is somehow a hero.