Simone biles Breaks Down Tokyo 2021 Olympics


Everyone was rooting for Simone. It wasn't really fair but the team put all the pressure on Simone. The team knew they could screw up and it would not matter because Simone's scores will be so high. 



Jordyn Wieber 

This reminds me of what happened to Jordyn Wieber in the 2012 London Olympics. The weight was all on her shoulder because she was so amazing and always nailing her routines. Everyone loved Jordan and so did I. She had so many perfect scores throughout 2011 and 2012. But when she got to the Olympics her nerves got to her. Not only did she have so many people, companies, USA gymnastics, coaches and so on putting pressure on her ; she also put pressure on herself too. This caused her to choke. Wieber, sadly didn't qualify for any of the individual all-around events. She did help the team win the gold medal. This is sort of what is happening to Simone right now. 


However, Simone Biles did not do well at the Olympic trials both on day one and day two. She seamed off. Is she not having fun in gymnastics anymore? I know she said she had to stay active in the USA gymnastics to make sure they are moving in the right direction. Or is it because she already knew she was going to Olympics so she just did the motions?  
 

Simone has even more pressure on her because the world knows her and watches her. She is the G.O.A.T. Who doesn't want to compete against the G.O.A.T. ? I knew she wasn't going to do very well at the Tokyo Olympics.  Every day now we are holding our breath to see if she is going to compete. She stepped down from the All-Around event. Suni-Lee won Gold in the All-Around, which was amazing!! Maybe Simone is giving the other USA girls a chance to win a medal. I just feel like Simone shouldn't have gone to the Olympics and give someone else the spot on the team. I know Mykala Skinner has been working soo hard to be on the team, but didn't make it on the team. She was sent as an individual athlete.  I have so much mixed emotions about this. I know Biles said this will most likely be the last Olympics. I would think she would have wanted to get out on the floor and have fun. Now she will go down in history as the world's greatest gymnast athlete in history who had a major panic attack and quits in the middle of the Olympic competition. She is 24 years old and I hope she will continue to do gymnastics and compete in the 2024  Summer Olympics in Italy. She could do one more. (Crossing my figures she does it because I love watching Simone sooo much!!) 



In all honesty,  I think they should have canceled the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. They should cancel the 2022 Winter Olympics which is 7 months away. If they would have canceled the summer 2020 and winter 2022 it would give the world 4 years to get this pandemic more under control. They could start the games again at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Italy. 

During an interview, she said she is physically fine but mentally not doing good. She talked about not having her family, friends and an audience there makes it hard to compete. Not being able to hang out in the Olympic village. When they aren't training or competing they have to go straight to their hotel and have to stay in their rooms and can't go out. I can't imagine what they are going through not having their support system there. It makes a huge difference when you have your family there cheering in the seats. 
Grace McCallum




I understood why she didn't finish the team competition, she didn't want to get injured or cause the team to lose a medal. I still think they would have gotten gold if Simone did compete even with her not being perfect, but oh well. I don't want her to get hurt. I hope she can do at least one event. 



Mykayla Skinner


However, she should have talked to her coaches and team members about how she is feeling so they can prepare if she decides she can't do it. This would have allowed Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCullum to be fully warmed up and ready. Where were the alternates? I don't know the gymnastics rules and policies. I don't understand why the alternate didn't step in to take her spot. The USA team did an amazing job. They fought hard for the silver.  For all the crap they had to deal with they should have gotten the gold. LOL. :) They might have earned the Gold if Simone didn't quit after the first round, the vault. Simone rocks and I am praying she is okay and can do at least one event, but if not then that is what God wants.  She will always be one of the best Olympians ever.

Sunisa Lee













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