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bigsmoothie

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How can you miss the point this bad?
  • Simone Bilas = Great Olympics Champion and perhaps, at her peak, the best gymnast ever
  • Simone Bilas has an admitted mental block that's causing her to drop out Olympics events
  • Simone Bilas probably made the right call, as she may not have been able to even land any sort of vault
Do you agree the above are true? If so...
  • Had Jordan been at the line with a second to go in a championship game and said, "I can't do this I have the yips and there is no way I'm making this shot", would that make you think less or more of him as a player?
And if your answer is yes, do you agree with the following statement?
  • Simone Bilas failed in the team and all around events this particular Olympics. She did not deliver.
Didn’t Jordan defer to Paxon and Kerr?
 
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LineSkiCat14

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USA just grabbed silver and Bronze in the women's 200m butterfly.

China somehow dominates this event, but much of the other swimming they dont.. curious as to why.
 

LineSkiCat14

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Damn that Chinese chick smashed the 200 Butterfly.

Silver-Bronze for the US

100M Fresstyle
4x200 Womens Free

It seemed she was a length or two ahead after the first quarter.. yet we never let her get further ahead. She won that race in the first lap.
 

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If that race was the 110m instead of the 100m Dressel prolly loses.

But the race isn't 110m, and that's another Gold baby!
 

ryanbruner

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How can you miss the point this bad?
  • Simone Bilas = Great Olympics Champion and perhaps, at her peak, the best gymnast ever
  • Simone Bilas has an admitted mental block that's causing her to drop out Olympics events
  • Simone Bilas probably made the right call, as she may not have been able to even land any sort of vault
Do you agree the above are true? If so...
  • Had Jordan been at the line with a second to go in a championship game and said, "I can't do this I have the yips and there is no way I'm making this shot", would that make you think less or more of him as a player?
And if your answer is yes, do you agree with the following statement?
  • Simone Bilas failed in the team and all around events this particular Olympics. She did not deliver.
I didn’t ask for any of that I said you go do it then. If you want to tell me what she should be doing then you should go ahead and do it.
 

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How TF does Fiji have a Rugby team that can beat the rest of the world? Less than 1 million people..
 
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They were replaying the 3 on 3 women's basketball game and that just looked like a clusterf*ck out there. I think they are getting a bit ridiculous with all of these "sports" they are adding to the Olympics.
 
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Beatle Bum

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They were replaying the 3 on 3 women's basketball game and that just looked like a clusterf*ck out there. I think they are getting a bit ridiculous with all of these "sports" they are adding to the Olympics.
I watched a bit of that. I am not sure how that version of the sport is in the Olympics.
 

WildcatFan1982

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If you are watching live, the womens all around is entering the final rotation, and an American is in first.
 

TCurtis75_rivals88839

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Here's the problem. An 18-year old just took Simone's gold. She has a lot more career left than Simone and is, at least currently, not afraid of the pressure.
That’s fine. Everyone gets older. You can’t stop it. Suni Lee is awesome and is going ti lead US Gymnastics in the future. She, as of today, is not better than Biles. No one is. Could Lee pass Biles? It’s possible but not certain. Regardless of these Olympics, Biles is doing things no one has ever done in women’s gymnastics so much so that the scoring process was changed so she can’t be rewarded for those moves because the IOC doesn’t want other women getting injured trying to do them all while overcoming being abused by her former Olympic doctor. Her resume speaks for itself. Her performances speak for itself. These Olympics don’t damage her legacy. They enhance it as an athlete and a person. Why do you think people like Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu, etc have come to her defense?
 

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That’s fine. Everyone gets older. You can’t stop it. Suni Lee is awesome and is going ti lead US Gymnastics in the future. She, as of today, is not better than Biles. No one is. Could Lee pass Biles? It’s possible but not certain. Regardless of these Olympics, Biles is doing things no one has ever done in women’s gymnastics so much so that the scoring process was changed so she can’t be rewarded for those moves because the IOC doesn’t want other women getting injured trying to do them all while overcoming being abused by her former Olympic doctor. Her resume speaks for itself. Her performances speak for itself. These Olympics don’t damage her legacy. They enhance it as an athlete and a person. Why do you think people like Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu, etc have come to her defense?

It's not the age difference as much as it is missing opportunity. I still think Biles is better, she's certainly more accompolished. But these were HER Olympics to dominate after coming onto the scene in 2016..
 

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Simone is like Albert Belle. Had a nice run but no longevity.
24 is old in gymnastics. Like retirement old. She hasn't lost a major competition since 2013 and has 4 Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship medals. Her longevity is exactly what you'd expect out of a gymnast performing the type of moves she does.
 

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It's not the age difference as much as it is missing opportunity. I still think Biles is better, she's certainly more accompolished. But these were HER Olympics to dominate after coming onto the scene in 2016..
Mental health and wellness doesn’t give a damn about that. If it did, Chuck Knoblach would’ve been able to throw a baseball, David Duval would’ve been able to hit a golf ball. They both were in the prime of their career. Mental health doesn’t discriminate.