On Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 10:08:32 AM UTC-7, bigdog wrote:middle of his
In a scene reminiscent or Roberto Duran quitting in the
quit inrematch with Sugar Ray Leonard, American gymnast Simone Biles
teammates tothe middle of of the US team competition leaving her
the starstruggle to the silver medal without her. Biles was not only
on theof the women's gymnastics team but arguably the biggest star
run up toentire US Olympic team. NBC hyped her continuously in their
winthe Tokyo games.
There is no doubt as the star of the team and the favorite to
pressuregold again in the individual competition, there was a lot of
quittingon her and she was underperforming in the preliminaries, but
be ablein the middle of the competition is not something many will
but notto understand. The American people can understand failure,
difficult timesgiving up. We expect our athletes to soldier through
is notwhen things aren't going well. Walking out on her teammates
something that will play well with the public.
Exactly. Did Kerri Strug give-up, or did she tough it out? Ms. Biles
should have dropped out BEFORE the Olympics to give someone ELSE the
chance to go to the games.
Also, her claim as the GOAT has been crushed. No one remembers Roberto
Duran for going 113-16; he is known only for "no mas". Simone "No Mas"
Biles will suffer the same fate.
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