Official Tokyo 2021 Olympics thread

[dora_da_destroyer]

She was raped by a pedo. Does everyone forget that happened?

Wasn’t this before 2016...again, I’m no where near on the level of athlete she is, so If she wasn’t ready she wasn’t ready, but I don’t get how that incident should be connected to quitting in 2021 when she had that trauma on her during the 2016 Olympics and thru the various world competitions she’s been in the past 3-4 years.

but her presser she basically stated her nerves wasn’t right and she didn’t want to mess up for her team

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Reporter: cladyclad u went 0-30 from the field with 15 turnovers

me: i got mental illness
What u expect

woman reporter: u are so strong to even attempt that many shots knowing u have mental illness

me: it’s so hard (leaves press conference)

Why did i read this in South Park voices...this is totally some shyt I’d hear cartman saying

 

[Sinnerman]

I don't know that the medal count is, but it seems like these East Asian and Eastern European nations are kicking ass so far

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

We’re gonna applaud our gymnastics team for taking a deliberate L because they’re brave & bold, yet the media is getting ready to pull out the “national embarrassment” headlines and condemn USA men’s basketball if they lose another game.

The double standards to me are clear as day. Is it just because we don’t expect women athletes to handle pressure?

I don’t get it.

you don't get it? i watched her interview the other day. She was talking about how she was goin through it with the situation where she was touched by that pedo trainer.

i think everyone needs to go watch that interview. That means you.. that means @dora_da_destroyer and everyone else in here. She said clearly that she was suffering from panic attacks now and she was scared of herself and landing because of the panic attacks.

You don't wanna be 30 feet in the air while you suffer a panic attack. She can't perform anymore. What do you want her to do?

 

[MenacingMonk]

When I finally get back into the Olympics the most talked about athlete gets injured.

US softball loses to Japan in the gold medal game too.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Hey... people wanna argue with me then we gonna go all the way

 

[MenacingMonk]

Wait, Simone just quit? Wow.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

you don't get it? i watched her interview the other day. She was talking about how she was goin through it with the situation where she was touched by that pedo trainer.

i think everyone needs to go watch that interview. That means you.. that means @dora_da_destroyer and everyone else in here. She said clearly that she was suffering from panic attacks now and she was scared of herself and landing because of the panic attacks.

You don't wanna be 30 feet in the air while you suffer a panic attack. She can't perform anymore. What do you want her to do?

Feel free to link me to it. I can only go by what I saw and what she said in the interview after the competition. I’ve been fair in saying, after watching the series on peacock, I’m very aware of the danger of that sport and the mental space you need to be in, so I’m not dismissing her - an athlete of that caliber knows what they can and can’t do, but what it seems to come down to is this extra year of training and GOAT pressure broke her

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Wasn’t this before 2016...

i don't know the year but in her interview the other day she explained that she blocked it out for a long time and then not long ago broke down with her Mom

 

[MikelArteta]

Cute as a button

Chick could prob lift me up and not break sweat

 

[MikelArteta]

i don't know the year but in her interview the other day she explained that she blocked it out for a long time and then not long ago broke down with her Mom

Yeah and she mentioned that she's no longer fearless like when she was younger doing gymnastics

I guess when that fear is gone you're

 

[triplehate]

Thats cause you picked the grizzles

Yeah

 

[MenacingMonk]

Watching women’s diving. Cheeks hanging out all over.

 

[TOAD99]

What is this I’m hearing about Simone?

another athlete just quit or is she ill?

 

[King Static X]

What is this I’m hearing about Simone?

another athlete just quit or is she ill?

She didn't perform well on a vault jump (and she hasn't been performing well at these Olympics overall) and that has seemingly broken her confidence/psyche so she decided to leave the team event final and let her teammates do the job alone.

She essentially quit on them....