I know lots of you aren’t watching. I’m watching on antenna so don’t yell at me. I grew up watching them with my grandmother and my girls were gymnasts. So when Simone Biles withdrew suddenly, my antennae pricked up. Media waffled on reason and she was not sobbing. She calmly disappeared and came back. That is not the demeanor of a great gymnastic chasing her dreams!
Remember when a young tennis player cited mental health and withdrew from French Open(?) And the Japanese tennis player lost early today? The US basketball team lost early?
So much weirdness in sports as of late! Methinks there is a plan to address the sports corruption and coaches abusing the athletes.
Research Maggie Nichols. She was screwed out of an Olympic spot after speaking up about Nassar. (I actually spoke with that sleazebag on the phone once. Grrrr.) Maggie went on to become one of the best collegiate gymnasts ever!
We are huge Gator Gymnastic fans and were not impressed with Rhonda Faehn. She had just taken over at USA Gymnastics for Marta Karolyi when the first complaint (Maggie?) got to her. I wonder what the real story is.