Simone Biles out of the Olympics
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Him and Piers Morgan getting that work on Twitter...
Link?
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notice how these sports fans let Kevin Love live...
but doubting Simone?
Funny how that works huh?
notice how these sports fans let Kevin Love live...
but doubting Simone?
Funny how that works huh?
It's crazy that people think destroying yourself "for a team" is an accomplishment. Also Strugg's vault wasn't needed. Her coach thought it was but he was mistaken. The u.s. team would've won regardless. So she fucked herself up and ended her gymnastics career early for no reason (besides her coach's ego).
Yet the dummy coon still here...fuck outta here. He has enough money to get the fuck on
And yet there's criticism and a backlash from people like you. You're disproving your own point. Besides she said her reasons for dropping out once and left it at that. Where is she a professional victim? I swear muthafuckas come up some real bullshit.
Might as well say can't be the Goat and lose in the Super Bowl or World Series, etc.
Most medals and most gold medals in the history of the sport. Dominated the sport for years upon years. Has multiple moves that she brought and that are named after her. So good that they wouldn't give her extra points for certain skills because according to them nobody besides her is capable of doing them.
She's the G.O.A.T. of this shit.
Are you being silly as fuck on purpose? Name the gymnast who has won more than her.
even worse...Listen. What did all these CACs have to say about Lance Armstrong? I bet you none of them had this type of vitriol for him and he literally committed the cardinal fucking sin for athletes besides gambling against yourself or your own team.
He cheated his entire career and mad whites were caping hard for him.. and he was belligerent about it too... almost insulted that people would even question him about his doping.
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does she date blackmen?
Jordan got suspended from the NBA for gambling...it was hushed up because he was the face of the league at that time. The rumors on why he "retired" were just a coverup
She is dating a Black man.
This crossed my mind.
God only knows what type of shit she has to deal with behind closed doors dealing with them Honkies.
Whatever money she may have lost endorsement wise, she will make it up with the media/PR tour she will probably end up doing promoting mental health for people of color.
She should be thanking Biles for bowing out and allowing her to win the gold.
And yes, she can still get it. Even more now that she's won the gold.
Props to her for grabbing the opportunity. Her family backstory is dope. Oh yeah
all day.I support Simone. Sometimes you get to a point in your career where you just check out and say fuck it I'm done. She accomplished everything there is to do in her sport, there was nothing left to prove.
Props to her for grabbing the opportunity. Her family backstory is dope. Oh yeah
So this is what she was experiencing....that shit is fucking dangerous and I can't blame her for not continuing.
I'm old school in a lot of cases, I'm from a generation where we had to "suck it up" and put aside feelings and physical pain to continue..I still have that mindset.... but what she was experiencing is more than that...it was a perception issue that can really fuck you up if you are flipping and twisting in the air.
The " Twisties" ain't no joke and is not an easy fix... I've heard some gymnasts say that they had to enlist hypnotists work with them to correct it.
Simone Biles: What are the Twisties in gymnastics?
By Ashitha Nagesh
BBC News
Published1 day ago
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image captionThe speed and power involved in top level gymnastics mean any slight loss of control can be dangerous for the athlete
US gymnast Simone Biles, who pulled out of two Olympic finals on Tuesday citing her mental health, told journalists earlier that day that she was "having a little bit of the twisties".
It's a term that sparked immediate discussion among gymnasts who recognised right away how dangerous a situation this must have been. But for the rest of the world, it's an unfamiliar term.
So what are the "twisties"?
Gymnasts have described the twisties as a kind of mental block.
In some sports a sudden mental block - like the "yips" in golf - may cost you a missed putt, or a lost game.
In gymnastics, it can cause a person to lose their sense of space and dimension as they're in the air, causing them to lose control of their body and do extra twists or flips that they hadn't intended. In the worst cases, they can find themselves suddenly unable to land safely.
The twisties can happen to a gymnast even if they've done the same manoeuvre for years without problems.
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Biles - one of the sport's all-time greatest athletes - appeared to become disorientated while performing a vault on Tuesday and stumbled as she landed.
It was a moment that struck an instant chord with those who suspected what she might be going through.
British gymnast Claudia Fragapane competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
She fell on the uneven bars and the balance beam in the qualification rounds and then in April this year she again had a fall following a mental block, suffered a head injury and missed the cut for the individual all-around final in Tokyo.
She told the BBC she could "understand exactly how Simone was feeling".
"She has got a lot of weight on her shoulders. Everyone thinks that she is just going to be absolutely out of this world and perfect and she's not human. But actually she is human, and I think the pressure just got too much.
"It's really dangerous if you doubt yourself a little bit, or you find it really hard, you can really really hurt yourself. I've been in her shoes and I ended up hurting myself."
Fragapane said that as Olympic qualification loomed in April, she was "very up and down with [her] moods" - knowing that it could be her last time to try to go to another Olympics.
She was in the middle of the competition and made some mistakes, the gymnast said. "Then I started to get a little bit worried and thought I have to give it my all for my last piece".
Fragapane said that under pressure, for some reason, instead of performing a single somersault, she found herself trying to do a double from a slow run up.
She landed on her head and neck, wound up in hospital with concussion but says she could have been paralysed.
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Christina Myers, a former gymnast and now a gymnastics coach from Birmingham, Alabama, told BBC News that the twisties happen "when your brain and body disconnect".
"Imagine skydiving and your parachute won't open," she said. "Your body starts adding extra twists and flips to the skill you're supposed to be doing, and it can affect even the skills that feel as routine as walking to an elite gymnast...
"Your brain wants nothing more than to perform the intended skill correctly, but your body feels like it suddenly has a mind of its own."
She added that "because the twisties are mainly psychological, the harder you try to push through, the harder the twisties push back".
For her generation of gymnasts, she said, mental pain was not seen as a valid reason for taking a break from the sport.
Trying to push through the twisties "led to a spinal stress fracture - an overuse injury made worse by trying to push through", ultimately forcing her to stop competing.
Another ex-gymnast, Catherine Burns, compared it to being on a motorway and suddenly losing your muscle memory of how to drive.
"You're moving way too fast, you're totally lost, you're trying to think but you know you don't usually have to think to do these manoeuvres, you just feel them and do them," she tweeted. "It's not only scary and unnerving, it's incredibly dangerous even if you're doing basic gymnastics."
The twisties can also lead to serious injury.
Former gymnast Jacoby Miles wrote on Instagram after one particularly bad bout of the twisties mid-air, she broke her neck on landing.
"It only took one time of getting lost... in the air for me to break my neck and leave me paralysed, most likely for life," she wrote.
"I'm so so glad [Biles] decided to not continue until she's mentally recovered."
I'm old school in a lot of cases, I'm from a generation where we had to "suck it up" and put aside feelings and physical pain to continue..I still have that mindset.... but what she was experiencing is more than that...it was a perception issue that can really fuck you up if you are flipping and twisting in the air.
The " Twisties" ain't no joke and is not an easy fix... I've heard some gymnasts say that they had to enlist hypnotists work with them to correct it.
Simone Biles: What are the Twisties in gymnastics?
By Ashitha Nagesh
BBC News
Published1 day ago
Share
IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS
image captionThe speed and power involved in top level gymnastics mean any slight loss of control can be dangerous for the athlete
US gymnast Simone Biles, who pulled out of two Olympic finals on Tuesday citing her mental health, told journalists earlier that day that she was "having a little bit of the twisties".
It's a term that sparked immediate discussion among gymnasts who recognised right away how dangerous a situation this must have been. But for the rest of the world, it's an unfamiliar term.
So what are the "twisties"?
Gymnasts have described the twisties as a kind of mental block.
In some sports a sudden mental block - like the "yips" in golf - may cost you a missed putt, or a lost game.
In gymnastics, it can cause a person to lose their sense of space and dimension as they're in the air, causing them to lose control of their body and do extra twists or flips that they hadn't intended. In the worst cases, they can find themselves suddenly unable to land safely.
The twisties can happen to a gymnast even if they've done the same manoeuvre for years without problems.
ADVERTISEMENT
Biles - one of the sport's all-time greatest athletes - appeared to become disorientated while performing a vault on Tuesday and stumbled as she landed.
It was a moment that struck an instant chord with those who suspected what she might be going through.
British gymnast Claudia Fragapane competed at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
She fell on the uneven bars and the balance beam in the qualification rounds and then in April this year she again had a fall following a mental block, suffered a head injury and missed the cut for the individual all-around final in Tokyo.
She told the BBC she could "understand exactly how Simone was feeling".
"She has got a lot of weight on her shoulders. Everyone thinks that she is just going to be absolutely out of this world and perfect and she's not human. But actually she is human, and I think the pressure just got too much.
"It's really dangerous if you doubt yourself a little bit, or you find it really hard, you can really really hurt yourself. I've been in her shoes and I ended up hurting myself."
Fragapane said that as Olympic qualification loomed in April, she was "very up and down with [her] moods" - knowing that it could be her last time to try to go to another Olympics.
She was in the middle of the competition and made some mistakes, the gymnast said. "Then I started to get a little bit worried and thought I have to give it my all for my last piece".
Fragapane said that under pressure, for some reason, instead of performing a single somersault, she found herself trying to do a double from a slow run up.
She landed on her head and neck, wound up in hospital with concussion but says she could have been paralysed.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter
Christina Myers, a former gymnast and now a gymnastics coach from Birmingham, Alabama, told BBC News that the twisties happen "when your brain and body disconnect".
"Imagine skydiving and your parachute won't open," she said. "Your body starts adding extra twists and flips to the skill you're supposed to be doing, and it can affect even the skills that feel as routine as walking to an elite gymnast...
"Your brain wants nothing more than to perform the intended skill correctly, but your body feels like it suddenly has a mind of its own."
She added that "because the twisties are mainly psychological, the harder you try to push through, the harder the twisties push back".
For her generation of gymnasts, she said, mental pain was not seen as a valid reason for taking a break from the sport.
Trying to push through the twisties "led to a spinal stress fracture - an overuse injury made worse by trying to push through", ultimately forcing her to stop competing.
Another ex-gymnast, Catherine Burns, compared it to being on a motorway and suddenly losing your muscle memory of how to drive.
"You're moving way too fast, you're totally lost, you're trying to think but you know you don't usually have to think to do these manoeuvres, you just feel them and do them," she tweeted. "It's not only scary and unnerving, it's incredibly dangerous even if you're doing basic gymnastics."
The twisties can also lead to serious injury.
Former gymnast Jacoby Miles wrote on Instagram after one particularly bad bout of the twisties mid-air, she broke her neck on landing.
"It only took one time of getting lost... in the air for me to break my neck and leave me paralysed, most likely for life," she wrote.
"I'm so so glad [Biles] decided to not continue until she's mentally recovered."
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Yeah, that's not anything to fuck around with. I used to do the running backflips when I was a kid and any kind of self doubt while flipping could have you in a wheelchair.
Simone need some hard dick in her that will get her back on track.
Well maybe some hard dick may be why she can't focus.thats a good thing to say to a sexual molestation victim....
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