THE RIGHT IS NOW ROOTING AGAINST AMERICA’S OLYMPIC ATHLETES
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/202...ook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm
Seems to me a bunch of these athletes have been rooting against America first. Wearing USA across their chest (the country that gave them this opportunity) while complaining about everything and disrespecting the anthem.
Then I found this quote from Biles that I hadn't seen before in that article.
After the four-time gold-medal-winning gymnast struggled in her early performances in Tokyo, Biles made her decision to withdraw from the event, telling reporters on Tuesday, “I came in and I felt like I was still doing it for other people. That just hurts my heart that doing what I love has been kind of taken away from me to please other people.”
Isn't that a big part of the Olympics? To win for your team and your country (you know those other people)? It isn't just about you and when you do make it just about you, then you fail. It wasn't just a mental health issue in my opinion. Sounds to me like she just didn't really want to be there. She lost her focus, screwed up, and then just quit. She took a spot from someone else that did want to be there.
She will likely stay out of the rest of the events and hit up the talk show circuit to hear everyone tell her how brave she is. Probably will get a book deal and a movie as well out of it. If she does compete, she will get to hear how brave she was for coming back from her traumatic experience and still get all of the above.