“It wasn’t an easy day or my best but I got through it. I truly do feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. I know I brush it off and make it seem like pressure doesn’t affect me but damn sometimes it’s hard hahaha! The olympics is no joke! BUT I’m happy my family was able to be with me virtually🤍 they mean the world to me!”— 24-year-old champion gymnast Simone Biles via Instagram, who has a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals. Biles dropped out of the team events, and may or may not still compete individually.
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Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles drops out of team events at Tokyo Olympics
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Mister P
She is awesome!!
cuteguy
I hope she comes back on Thursday and dominates like only she can. Sending positive vibes to this incredible champion. She’s already won in more ways than one
Hank31
Wow, she’s a quitter and really jacked up her team.
Prowelsh56
I hope that she does what is right for her well being. We are too hyped about medals…her mental health is worth much more. She is a treasure.
Hank31
If you don’t care about medals, then maybe don’t take a slot on the Olympic team. She is a treasure of quit.
Cam
I hope her injury/illness/etc. isn’t too serious. She is amazing, watching her do her routines is like watching art.
LumpyPillows
I do think she is one of the best gymnasts ever, but just what is going on with athletes bailing out because of stress? Cheese and crackers, younger people are weak.
humble charlie
Says the man sqeegeeing his buttocks on the leather couch.
jsmu
Riiiiight, because a cheezy online troll knows all the pressures Simone Biles faces and has dealt with every one of them himself.
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
wgs19
Stress ? Until you are, literally, the greatest gymnast of all time and experience what she’s experienced, you have absolutely no room to talk about people being weak. Live her live and then share your opinion.
LumpyPillows
Lol, you guys are tools.
Cam
So let’s see, you’re saying that among the older generation there is no drug/alcohol abuse? No suicide? No burnout? etc.
This woman’s entire life has been about a singular focus, for years, and you’re going to judge her for knowing her own capabilities?
Jim
A class A athlete has both the mental and physical strength and determination to rise to the top of their field.
Simone doesn’t seem to have it.
wgs19
Anyone who makes a comment like that about Simone Biles is an idiot and lives under a rock.
jsmu
Biles has TWENTY-THREE world and olympic GOLD medals.
How many do you have, moron?
Fahd
As successful as she has been, it’s no doubt surprising to some that she’s not invincible. She can weather this storm without endangering future revenues, etc., so why force herself to go through the motions and not do her best when she’s just not feeling it? It’s the Olympics, not a war.
humble charlie
Simone Biles is great. She has made her mark in gymnastics. She’s a beautiful, charismatic woman.
BoomerMyles
I also feel sorry for her team.
Quite stressful for them to have to reshuffle the events.
Openminded
Agreed. I wonder what triggered this stress at this time. Sad to know that she being initially being included in the competition knocked someone new out of a spot.
Cam
@Openminded
Awww, the right wing troll account always brings out its screennames to attack Black people. You’re so boringly predictable.
jackscott
What she did to her team wasn’t fair. She is talent & was having a bad few days, however, you don’t give up. It was especially hard for the young lady that wasn’t expecting to be in all events. Plus, any girl that would have loved to have her spot. It would be an absolute insult if she competes in any other events this Olympics!
Cam
More fair than her going out there, getting injured, and not being able to do anything later.
Aromaeus
Also nice to see queerty keeping up their track record of using unflattering pictures of black people for their articles. You couldn’t pick any of the thousands of pictures you can find of her smiling with a google search huh.
BaltoSteve
A picture of her smiling would only promote the stigma surrounding how mental health in this country is a dirty secret. And would non-verbally promote a narrative of how she, and by extension every other woman and person of color in this country, shouldn’t speak about mental health issues and they should just smile and bear it. I recognize the intent of this post. However, it is a bit tone deaf in the context of this conversation.