I thought it was pretty lame for Simone Biles to bail on her teammates over just "mental stress," but once I saw what her actual problem was - aerial disorientation - I understood. Gymnasts, like pilots, can die from that.
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If you saw the reaction from Biles when they showed it on TV, you could see the instant it went wronghttps://nypost.com/2021/07/27/simone-biles-was-lost-in-the-air-before-devastating-olympics-landing/ …
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I feel like, in Olympic level gymnastics, playing when your head isn’t in the right space means either (a) taking it so safe you’re holding the team back or (b) risking a career-ending injury. So even if it’s just “I literally cannot even tonight”, I’ll respect their call.
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just to be absolutely clear, the option was available to you from the fucking get-go to trust the world class athlete who won the world championships while competing with a fucking kidney stone when *she* said it wasn't safe for her to play through it this time.
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Oh because you were an athlete? LOL I’ve seen your picture NFW
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