Yes, they bring an alternate in case of injury. The alternate took her place and did well.
Simone Biles
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I don't doubt there were warning signs. I'd imagine she tried to "tough it out" and rely on her training and experience. She gets out there and suddenly nothing is working. She couldn't stick landings, she couldn't stay on the mat, and that vault was a disaster. She was getting worse - likely because she was trying harder. I can't imagine anyone being more desperate and disappointed in her decision than Biles (excepting our resident HROT psychiatrists).
Lol - no high horse, just somewhat experienced at this type of pressure as well as the kind you're talking about. There is no comparison between work pressure and intense spotlight pressure.
Yes, when the spotlight is brightest the pressure intensifies. That you can't seem to understand that is baffling to me.
BS - to suggest she knew 2 months ago that this would happen is absurd.
try agian
April 14th, most definitely pulled himself out of the game. Never put on injury designation. Pulled himself from the game. You want to continue to defend and indefensible position. I'm waiting for you say yeah but they are both black.
So he said I'm injured after throwin 70 pitches with a physical injury (not just cause he was having a bad day -- 0 runs and 3 hits) and went on the injured list the next day with a lat strain.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31265631/giants-johnny-cueto-goes-10-day-injured-list-lat-strain
Wanna try again?
O look it’s Flick with a meaningless tweet that has absolutely nothing to do with the thread at hand.
The cute-sounding term, well-known in the gymnastics community, describes a frightening predicament. When gymnasts have the “twisties,” they lose control of their bodies as they spin through the air. Sometimes they twist when they hadn’t planned to. Other times they stop midway through, as Biles did. And after experiencing the twisties once, it’s very difficult to forget. Instinct gets replaced by thought. Thought quickly leads to worry. Worry is difficult to escape.
Your saying she didn't tweak her ankle at all with the way she landed, try again. It was a grade 1 strain, essentially him being a wussy by any of the other commentators on here against Simone. I am sure she had at the minimum a grade 1 tweak of her ankle.
So here is my clear concise argument. He could have continued to pitch with a grade 1 strain. He didn't feel right, he thought he could injure himself further or his team, and pulled himself out and the team rested him for another 10 days. She didn't feel her mind or body was right, felt she could injure herself or the team and pulled herself out.
I will never be able to change your mind, but at least recognize the equivalency.
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Bullcrap. She is a disgrace for buying into all the hype that people were throwing her way and even promoting it with the goat rhinestones.
All the people who idolized her and kept setting her on a higher and higher pedestal are a disgrace too.....and that includes the first pages of this thread.
Biles allowed herself to be set up for this fall. Too bad for her.
Next stop for her? Three fiddy and a half dozen kids.
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Just listened to all of her pressers and comments. Seems to have handled herself great and as always with class. I’m a big fan and hope she makes a big comeback.
So the heroin addiction really messed you up.....sorry you have a lot of hatred for people of a particular trait. I hope you continue to get the help you need.
Try following the conversation. We were talking about someone pulling themselves cause of a bad day in said sport. Only for that reason. I and another poster pointe dout that you dont' see pitchers pulling themselves for bad days.
At no point was anyone, in this discussion I'm referencing, did anyone refer to a physical injury for Samone until your post that I've have quote above.
You jumped in and said Cueto. I provided his stats, you got smart, then I responded with actual facts that he wasn't having a bad day, had a physical injury and did go on the IL, which you said didn't happen.
Wanna keep trying or just admit you were wrong? That no pitchers don't pull themselves cause of a bad day.
He did pull himself. I will admit I didn't see the 10 day designation, at the same token, a grade 1 is nothing. See I can admit when I am wrong, can you? In both cases both pulled themselves because they didn't feel right.
Keep up the good work.
Also, April 14th Reds/Giants game was the 12th game of a 162 game season. Even if he wasn't injured, which he very much was, it's not like he pulled himself from the World Series. He also earned the W in that game.
To much rah-rah after every point. Gets old. How about some f bombs and shoving the guy that screws up.
Every sport is different. You can debate Goat in team sports like FB, BB, and Soccer. Pretty easy to claim goat in timed sports or sports with degree of difficulty. No one ever has been able to pull off moves like Simone. It's not really a debate among those in the gymnastics community that she's the best ever. Now random people who tune in once every 4 years, sure I suppose they'll argue it but they really don't know what they're watching...it took me a few years and I'm still asking my daughter how they score these moves.
I always love these call outs when people ask randoms on the internet. Next time I'm trying to help stop someone who has gotten 20 units of blood from bleeding out in surgery, I 'll just take a day off because I don't like to be there. Then people can celebrate because I'm taking "me time."
Look, she is quitting because she may put herself at risk. Feel sympathy for her, respect her decision, and leave her alone, but this isn't a triumphant moment. The triumphant moment is not the decision to withdraw.
Poor comparisons. Show me anywhere that Brown or Sanders quit because the stress was too much?
@RileyHawk knows high pressure situations. He pitched in relief in a JV HS baseball game once. No one should question his expertise on this topic.
Maybe we should just be happy that this girl worked her ass off for thousands of hours, never asking for anything and gave us lots of great memories and gold medals. And maybe, we should return the favor by supporting her when she says she needs help.
So your contention is....they retired because they we're bored?
Lou Gehrig quit because of nerves.
I’ll see myself out.
I’ll see myself out.
Bored and/or frustrated with management. You think they quit because of stress? Then show some proof of that. Good luck.
I don’t do this often but I’m going to say it, I think you’re a fvcking racist cvnt.
So basically, everyone retired because of stress. Pain is stressful. Getting old is stressful. Family issues are stressful. Getting caught using roids is stressful. All reasons point to stress. So, she’s just like…everyone.
The point is they had enough and quit at the top of their games. The personal reasons behind it are irrelevant.
Lol - a bit higher level than that but enough that I can empathize. How about you? Ever been in a pressure packed athletic endeavor where your nerves and anxiety were hard to handle?
