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What this reinforces from here:  the mental aspect of any competitive sports endeavor is often just as important as the physical side of things.  Biles didn't have it this Olympics; and unlike golf - where "not being right" might result in mistakes in shot-making or decision-making - that is dangerous to the competitor.  So she sat it out. Makes sense, even if it sucks for her and the team.

I agree.  Yesterday, she posted some videos of her practicing dismounts onto a foam cubes  She wasn't just falling, she was falling flat on her face and back.  You can see part of the video here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ol...426358001/

(starting at around 56 seconds)

Biles posted two videos on her Instagram story of her trying to do her uneven bars dismount Friday, and it’s clear she is not her usual self. She is supposed to do a double twisting somersault and, in the first video, she gets through a half twist before suddenly dropping out of the air and landing flat on her back. In the second, she makes it 1½ times around.

In both videos, she is landing on mats placed over a pit filled with foam blocks. In competition, however, she would have to do her skills on a hard, unforgiving surface.

I think a lot of people with hot takes failed to appreciate just how debilitating and dangerous what is happening to her is.  I hope she recovers.

BC

[BostonCard]

What this reinforces from here:  the mental aspect of any competitive sports endeavor is often just as important as the physical side of things.  Biles didn't have it this Olympics; and unlike golf - where "not being right" might result in mistakes in shot-making or decision-making - that is dangerous to the competitor.  So she sat it out. Makes sense, even if it sucks for her and the team.

I agree.  Yesterday, she posted some videos of her practicing dismounts onto a foam cubes  She wasn't just falling, she was falling flat on her face and back.  You can see part of the video here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ol...426358001/

(starting at around 56 seconds)

Biles posted two videos on her Instagram story of her trying to do her uneven bars dismount Friday, and it’s clear she is not her usual self. She is supposed to do a double twisting somersault and, in the first video, she gets through a half twist before suddenly dropping out of the air and landing flat on her back. In the second, she makes it 1½ times around.

In both videos, she is landing on mats placed over a pit filled with foam blocks. In competition, however, she would have to do her skills on a hard, unforgiving surface.

I think a lot of people with hot takes failed to appreciate just how debilitating and dangerous what is happening to her is.  I hope she recovers.

BC