July 27, 2021 01:08PM
she said she can't continue her head isn't in it.....well if your head isn't neither is your heart IMO....to me I see a person who has not been able to accomplish what she's done before and she feels/knows she can't be the gymnast she was....I have no problem with that, but when you make it sound as though it's a mental issue..to me that's not be true to yourself or your team. Be up and up IMO...nothing wrong with saying I need to stop my body says it just doesn't "do" it at the top level....MaMa stated she was in STL and did poorly.....to me it was not just a mental issue it was a heart issue...she did not have it in her and she quit.

To go into it a mental thing.....a pro doesn't bow out on a mental stress issue.....IMO she put added stress ON others by leaving them. She quit.....didn't go out because of an injury, or illness...she left because she wasn't doing up to what she has been, nothing wrong with that, but IMO you don't quit..you finish out and say thank you for your support, I need to leave because my body isn't there anymore....I fought by best fight and glad I could be a part of it.....that's how you leave with respect IMO......IMO standing there and saying I'm too stressed out mentally...I just have to leave....that's quitting....

Again I think it's sad for sure, but to me it's not heroic, and it puts added stress on the rest of her people she suited up with. She had a great career no doubt, but to leave under the reason of mental stress when it was more she was washed out lessens her final time on the mat....I bet it's hard to expect...leaving something you put all in on....but do it on the right foot (no pun intended). Leave before the Olympics with your history already in the books, or if you enter be ready to give your all and be proud of that till it's over.
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SeattleRam222July 27, 2021 02:51AM

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MamaRAMa106July 27, 2021 03:54AM

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JamesJM95July 27, 2021 04:11AM

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MamaRAMa94July 27, 2021 04:15AM

  My daughter says a report is coming up soon...

JamesJM102July 27, 2021 04:20AM

  Does appear to be an injury....

JamesJM105July 27, 2021 04:34AM

  Re: Does appear to be an injury....

MamaRAMa120July 27, 2021 04:39AM

  Speculation is running wild...

JamesJM105July 27, 2021 04:41AM

  I'm a slow learner, apparently, but better late than never...

JamesJM103July 27, 2021 05:31AM

  Re: I'm a slow learner, apparently, but better late than never...

MamaRAMa126July 27, 2021 05:36AM

  Re: I'm a slow learner, apparently, but better late than never...

JamesJM110July 27, 2021 08:22AM

  If so, just another total failure of the media..

sstrams103July 27, 2021 08:23AM

  Re: If so, just another total failure of the media..

waterfield93July 27, 2021 09:29AM

  But, that was my point..

sstrams107July 27, 2021 09:45AM

  @ Jimmy imagine athletes from small countries

ferragamo7995July 27, 2021 09:59AM

  I think that's a very good question...

JamesJM100July 27, 2021 10:12AM

  think about the pressure of England to win Eurocup

ferragamo7989July 27, 2021 11:57AM

  SI: Simone Biles Withdrew From Team Final Because She Wasn't in the Right Place Mentally

MamaRAMa98July 27, 2021 09:43AM

  Wow...I can't get my head around that....

roman1892July 27, 2021 11:53AM

  I totally agree

ferragamo7986July 27, 2021 12:09PM

  Re: I totally agree

MamaRAMa117July 27, 2021 12:41PM

  Not so sure about that myself....

JamesJM88July 27, 2021 12:31PM

  Well to me it's not really something you need to examine with a microscope...

roman18111July 27, 2021 01:08PM

  Don't think that's true at all...

JamesJM97July 27, 2021 01:25PM