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@M M really! Then all those USA athletes who took a knee for the American flag, they're real Americans!!? ... NO! Suni is a real American hero and welcome to REALITY knucklehead.
Golly, it’s so nice to hear this whole team of young women support one another in the face of difficult circumstances. MUCH nicer than criticism & divisiveness. Something we can all take in and propagate more of the same!
what is really nice is that the criticism and divisiveness is not amongst the gymnasts. Some of the commentators in the peanut gallery have a lot to learn.
@@elainebines6803 It never entered my head that they wouldn’t support each other! It was simply nice to see these accomplished young women handling a difficult & unexpected situation with poise and confidence with the media in tow.
@@navychop6667 of course not! I am sure each one of them had their own personal feelings and struggles with the unexpected situation, but the point is that they came together as a team both in front of an aggressive media and in competition to win a silver medal for their country. Much to be proud of! And Biles helped by stepping into role of coach and supporter in spite of her own disappointment. The “twisties” in gymnastics certainly seems like a dangerous and real situation.
Golly, you obviously never practiced for years or played in team sports. Criticism and divisiveness is exactly what she caused in her team. Don't fool yourself into thinking that is not what is happening, they just are not showing it. Unlike the "goat that choked", the rest of her team didn't. They payed by loosing the gold and getting second place. I played a team sport for years, 10 years or so. Believe me, getting second place NEVER felt like you won anything, only that you lost.
Exactly. Why wasn't Simone replaced in the team immediately after she withdrew? I'm sick of hearing about Simone and her issues....ok, another mental break is needed. WHY wasn't this detected prior to coming to the Olympics?? There's plenty of blame to go around and the U.S. Olympic organization gets A LOT of it for putting Simone's face on these Olympics. The media for hyping her up to the nth degree....now what?? She's NOT going to compete anymore and I don't consider her the Goat. You can't have a mental breakdown and be considered the greatest one.
@@KnowTrentTimoy Your mental state-of-mind changes rapidly. People have no clue what that level of stress is like. And if you've never experienced it like she has you may not be able to understand it. Also for the record she won 1st in the qualifiers against everyone there which is pretty goat to me.
@@realsmollbean I'll agree with everything you've said for the moment but this is unprecedented. I think Simone took a page out of Naomi Osaka's playbook. I agreed with Osaka's situation but this...this is just crazy. WHY wasn't she replaced with Jade Carey to help the team? I don't care if I don't ever see Simone compete again. This will NOT be forgotten and she knows it.
@@jasongenova9194 you honestly don’t understand how much pressure it is. it’s a lot of pressure for me and i’m not on live tv doing the kind of tricks the do. She’s got the most pressure due to how people expect her to be perfect all the time. your the selfish one 🙄🤚
I agree with her letting down her team. There is a young girl out there somewhere watching that just miss making the team and could have perform for team USA and just maybe have helped team USA win gold once again.
@@marvelluver1408 can you say that to the hundreds of girls who sacrificed years of their life to be told they didn’t make the team only to find out some backed out when they knew of their mental issues? You’re a sick human being; it’s not about one person it’s about everyone. The black community had many try out but didn’t make it. Are you racist?
Like MyKayla Skinner for example who could’ve greatly contributed in the Team Score with her high flying vaults and very consistent performance in the other events as well! It’s so sad! I’m so sad for her and the other gymnasts who lost a spot because of Simone… Yet Biles still keeps getting all the limelight! It’s becoming sickening to be honest! Cover the other gymnasts who greatly deserve it and EARNED the Silver or Suni Lee who WON the GOLD!!!🥇
@@jasongenova9194 a racist??? hunny what? how does me saying that simone isn’t selfish is racist doesn’t make sense. I do think others would’ve loved to compete in the place of her. but simone might not have decided to step out until the last minute. it’s a very tough decision. I’m done with people hating on her, especially since you don’t know the whole story.
If mental health was talked about and recognised in the late 70s and early 80s perhaps Elena Muhkina wouldn’t have suffered her terrible injury which left her paralysed, and perhaps she’d still be alive today and not confined to a wheelchair, thank God Simone Biles was able to say to her coach, “I’m not in the right headspace, something’s wrong, I’m not feeling it today” or something to that effect and was able to withdraw from competition to protect not only her mental health, but her physical health, to all you haters, why don’t you look up Elena Muhkina and her tragic end, her coach pushed her beyond the point of exhaustion, he should be rotting in jail alongside Larry Nasser
@@KJ-ip2sg Simone said she hadn’t been able to sleep much at all in days. She’s also recovering from recurring ankle injuries. Plus, she literally suffered from a twisty in the air, where your mental and physical state aren’t synched up and you get confused/lost in the air. She was lucky she didn’t end up just like Elena considering those circumstances. You could see the terror in her eyes knowing what had happened while walking away from the vault. I’m glad she pulled out of competition instead of risking it further.
@@MonaLucy15257 She doesn’t owe her team her life. Something took away her ability to do her routines safely. You may think she should have broken her neck to prove her loyalty, but her team values her and their mission more than you do. If this were a military mission that required running, jumping, tumbling, and balance skills, and one of your highly trained soldiers reported that she had lost the ability to do the skills required to complete the mission, you’d replace her with a backup.
@@kevinbailey8827 A "she" probably wouldn't be in a military battle in the first place, but if a "she" was, "she" would not be ALLOWED to bow out because she just wasn't feeling it that day. She would stick to what she originally committed to, then fall apart later. You never let your team down after you've made the commitment in the middle of a battle royale. Of course, in a military battle, the lives of your buddies & the mission are at stake. In Olympic Games, it's just representing a country in front of the whole world.....no biggy, right?
@@MsJudi54 This is not a matter of Biles just not feeling it that day. It’s about her realizing that she could not safely perform her routines due to a condition that wasn’t going away. It’s like if she had a broken leg. I wouldn’t expect her to compete with a broken leg, because it would be likely to lead to even more serious injuries. I’m guessing you think she bowed out because she just didn’t want to compete. I’m saying she bowed out because she realized that she couldn’t do it with her condition. Seeing it through to likely disaster or tragedy wasn’t in anyone’s best interest.
This right here is one of the biggest reasons you never ever design a team around one specific athlete because you never know what will happen I hope she gets through and comes out on the other side stronger and better than ever
@@FeeDragee123 while they were AA gymnasts Tom basically designed this team so that Simone was the featured athlete and that it would essentially rely on her difficulty to put them into gold medal position even the coach on the Russian team knew this she even said it without Simone her girls would take gold I’m not discrediting the others on the team because they stepped up when they needed to and that in itself is a huge accomplishment let alone them working together to earn that silver medal but he made a huge mistake designing a team around her he should have created a team which even without her would still give them the best chance to medal for gold that’s a mistake on his part
It wasn’t designed around her. She was one of just FOUR people! It was designed based on all of their abilities to contribute. Unpopular opinion but I don’t think what Simone did was for the “good of the team.” I think it was self-serving.
@@PhenixJoe of course part of it was designed so that they could contribute however from the get go Tom and the rest of the selection committee had it all set out they wanted Simone to make all event finals and so yeah he did design for them all to contribute but he also designed it so that they were AA but that none of them aside from Suni specialised in one specific event and then strategically put Mykayla in an individual spot and others like Leanne into the alternate position so that it was almost a certainty that Simone would make every event final
I can only imagine the anxiety they all face. Biles has so many gold metals, she has represented the USA beautifully. The other ladies now have the opportunity to pull in a gold, but silver is also awesome....all of yall are winners. God bless all of them!!!
THIS RIGHT HERE!!Simone Biles alone is NOT team USA..ALL OF THEM is TEAM USA..we need to focus less attention on Simone and let her focus on her..and instead of eeling bad, we need to CELEBRATE what Team USA has currently accomplished..
@@UNSTABLE111 you're absoooolutely right. people need to STOP being jealous of the other amazing girls and STOP bringing up simone's name in other's celebration.
I do not understand this. Why is everyone so sad and devastated that the USA Team got a Silver medal. A freaking silver medal!! I mean isn't that an amazing feat in itself? I understand the players or their coaches being dejected (if they are at all) by this because they dreamt of a Gold, but for fans isn't this an amazing achievment?
@@mygirldarby USA really did do well it’s not fair at all for everyone to put way too much pressure on the team and her do you realize how dangerous this sport is she wasn’t ok mentally and a small slip up could result in never competing again
Maybe this will be a lesson for the media to always make sure to balance out coverage of all the teammates in their strengths rather than focusing on one player.
@@skipfluck4299 No I totally disagree. I am a mother of a competitive gymnast. There is no bias. Everyone loves and respects Simone Biles. Her talent is off the scale. Any negative comments in my. Opinion have absolutely nothing to do with the colour of her skin.
It’s fall PR- her teammates don’t want to get cancelled so they support publicly - but we shouldn’t applaud quitting. If she withdrew before she completed any event no one would have a problem with Simone - she quit after facing adversity.
People are talking like “quitting” is the worst thing you can do. I think it takes strength to leave something you’ve worked all your life for. Knowing your limits and protecting your health is so important! Congrats to Suni for going golddd!!! Go team USA!!
FIRST OFF, CONGRATS TO Suni, Jordan and Grace for their amazing work and winning Silver!!! THEY WON SILVER!🗣👏🏽❤️ As for Simone, good on her for taking care of herself. She’s FAR from a “quitter”! Her selfless decision to not devalue her health, mentally or otherwise, allowed room for her teammate Jordan to shine. At the level they’re at, that’s not hardly selfish.
This is so weird, is everyone forgetting that before there was the finals, there were qualifiers first and they all participated. They all had a role to play and this is why it is a team of 4 not 3. Someone would have had to sit out on participating on some of the apparatus and still had gotten a medal. They all played their part and congrats to the team of 4 for getting 🥈
Biles felt a lot of pressure because many expected her to do the same moves last Olympics and exceed more but as u get older and things happening in your life can take a toll on how you perform next olympics so I totally get where biles is coming from. Hope she recovers and wish her nothing but the best
Simone does skills so crazy they are underscored to keep other PROFESSIONAL gymnasts from attempting them because they could get severely hurt. If she isn’t performing the way she usually performs, she shouldn’t be attempting her signature skills that only she can do. This was 100% the right decision
If you can already do something no one can't, and calling yourself the goat. Why are you even worry about unfair when you pretty much say you're so good you're guaranteed gold.
@@CrayZJo3Davola it was bringing down the team scores in general. and if you look at her face durning vault and floor some thing was off with her from the beginning
I hope Simone is able to deal with her issues and come back stronger than ever, she still has a lot to give to the gymnastics world. Suni Lee is so beautiful and talented. Team USA will be fine with her and the others stepping up to get the job done.
She’s a quitter....she pulled out of the TEAM in the super bowl. Its an excuse that can’t be criticized because of the society we live in giving a pass on anything. My guess is she has no issues, it’s just she choked and looked for a way out to try to save face because she was getting beat.
I say you go Simone, recognizing that something was not right and acting on it . That is why God gives us that six sense . She and her teammates are awesome young ladies supporting one another as you should. Blessings on them all . That is how you do it.
Angela Broadnax - Sorry, but I think it's a shame. No one gets to this point and then punk out. If she was having issues, she should have known before the Olympics started. Too many others have had just as much stress but didn't quit on their team.
@@User-DarkHorse8765 I cried when I woke up! She really deserves this. This is Suni’s destiny. She was meant to win AA Gold and win for the Hmong Community! Proud to be Asian American :)
Suni is amazing; rising star. Biles has nothing else to prove. She’s worked hard & attained every goal. It’s everyone else to rise to her standard. Like MPhelps, they are both rich, had their personal struggles & can quit, give up or do what the heck they want to do at this point.
@Impersonal Immigrant She has 4 moves named after her, 19 World championship golds plus 5 other medals from the same event, several Olympic golds from 2016 and has proven herself physically capable of doing things no other gymnast around the world has even attempted. Put yourself on mute please. She's already proven that she is the greatest gymnast of all time.
Why did they use that picture of Simone? It makes her look sinister and I am certain it is done on purpose and yes, they should be focusing on the members of the team still competing.
Continuation of comment below: why the lack of praise and admiration for Suni Lees performance? She displayed emotional maturity under intense pressure and excelled in her routines. Both women deserve better. This is an example of what’s happening in our country- false statements to create sensationalism no matter who gets hurt!
Suni Lee stepped up to the plate in no uncertain fashion..Fantastic under all that pressure. Its a long fall from that pedestal but there is always going to be another talented gymnast waiting in the wings. As a mother of a competitive gymnast I did find it difficult to understand the events that transpired with Simone Biles. My son was surprised knowing the mind set required for the sport. His response rightly or wrongly "You do it for the team even if that means recducing the difficulty in your routines" She did with the beam!!!!!
If she's going as far as to sacrifice one of her dreams and everything she worked for over the last few years , it's because her headspace really doesn't allow her to do so, Don't tell her what to do or what not to do, opinate about your own life
@Impersonal Immigrant is she not the goat though? She’s the best of the best. Greatest of all time. So because she withdrew from one competition, she’s all of a sudden a lamb?? What if she continued, not in the right headspace, and she broke her neck and became paralyzed or died?
Sometimes you can’t really comprehend how powerless and helpless you are until you experience it. And to be able to recognize, accept it, and try to deal with it, is another tough battle to face that need courage and perseverance. You are all winners girls 👍🏽✊🏽
I think its annoying that the entire news and media is talking about SImone but is barely talking about the other 3 girls who had to carry that whole competition on their backs bc Simone left them hanging. Talk about them.
no, YOU ARE ANNOYING because you're the same person saying simone gpt too much attention but i guess this silver medal is her fault, too? lol But yeah lets forget what she DID do for this pathetic country
They didn't "have to carry the whole competition", they ALL went to Tokyo to compete. USA gymnastics shouldn't have been relying on her to carry the entire competition anyway, that's WHY each country sends a team instead of a single gymnast. I agree with your assessment of the news coverage, but you're acting like they weren't equally there to compete. Suni was always scheduled to do as many events as Simone during the Team finals- she was always planning to HELP simone carry them to gold!
The THREE people who had to carry the competition TOGETHER. Let's face it... Before she withdrew, the team competition had been placed entirely on Simone's shoulders. Have you ever heard Shawn Johnson East talk about her Olympic gold medal BB routine? That she was mentally and physically exhausted. That she couldn't make it through the routine because she was so exhausted? That her coach had her do the routine OVER and OVER and OVER again in the warm up gym until her brain was so exhausted it shut off? Can you imagine how dangerous it is to be out there doing a beam routine with your brain shut off? And her coach was one of the "good guys." One of the coaches who was seen as someone who looked out for his gymnasts.
I wish that Soviet gymnast who was paralyzed before the 1980 Summer games could have stood up for herself. She was practicing a skill she was neither mentally nor physically ready for and it was disastrous. People forget the danger of this sport. Her name is Elena Mukhina. I think she died in 2006.
yes you are right. There was a lot of pressure from the top regarding the Reputation of the Soviet Union and that went down the line to the Gymnasts and the Coaches. Yelena did not blame her Coach for what happened. She blamed herself plus her Parents died when she was young and her Grandmother didn't have much say in the matter. it was the Doctors who didn't listen to her when she wasn't healed enough from her broken Leg and removed her cast .
When you are flipping 10 ft in the air and doing what US gymnasts do, your head needs to be right. WE don't our young people to injure themselves in any way. The other girls won SILVER. Where's the champagne?!
In don't get why people feel bad!!! they WON silver and sunisa WON GOLD ..Simone is estactic about this too!!!..but NOOOOO media is too focused on negative aspects, and people are kicking a person when she is down..To me, SImone bowing out is good thing for both her and the girls...It gives simone time to focus on her but it gives the other girls the time to shine and how that collectively as a team they support each other through grime and grim...
She was suffering withdraws from her ADHD medication...This is all on the American Olympic Association..Should have been prepared their athletes mentally.. They completely ignored how her detoxing would impact her performance!! The American Olympic Committee has been slipping in its managament of athletes or potential athletes.. just like the 100 meter dash female tested positive for weed. The organization is slipping in taking care of the athletes mentally and physically . I wont hate on her...but they should have worked on ALL THE ATHLETES MENTALITY AND PHYSICALLY!! Most sports have had so many issues... Like the 100 meter female who had weed positive test. Idk wtf people were thinking .not weaning her off her meds before the Olympics... they used her doing DANGEROUS STUNTS while in withdrawals!
The USA team has done an amazing job. Just being at the games is enough of a reason to be proud. Simone is part of a team. She stepped back when she needed to for herself & has amazing things yet to come. I am happy just to see them finally get to compete after the long pandemic wait. The level of uncertainty and frustration these competitors have withstood has to have taken a toll on everyone in Tokyo, not just gymnastics or the US Olympic delegation. I feel all the competitors deserve a standing ovation!
Wonderful young women. All of them. Simone does very dangerous moves and knew that she wasn’t quite right. Rather than risk injury she chose to let-the others shine. And shine they will.
She was suffering withdraws from her ADHD medication...This is all on the American Olympic Association..Should have been prepared their athletes mentally.. They completely ignored how her detoxing would impact her performance!! The American Olympic Committee has been slipping in its managament of athletes or potential athletes.. just like the 100 meter dash female tested positive for weed. The organization is slipping in taking care of the athletes mentally and physically . I wont hate on her...but they should have worked on ALL THE ATHLETES MENTALITY AND PHYSICALLY!! Most sports have had so many issues... Like the 100 meter female who had weed positive test. Idk wtf people were thinking .not weaning her off her meds before the Olympics... they used her doing DANGEROUS STUNTS while in withdrawals!
@joe smath She didn't leave the team. She stayed and encouraged them and helped them - as teammates do. She just couldn't be one of the competing 3 on any of the remaining apparatus.
I've done gymnastics although of course never anywhere near Olympic level; and I think there's more going on here than what we're hearing. Watch her expression after that vault -- an easy element she's done perfectly innumerable times. There's something, and I don't think she's a "coward" and I also don't think she's a "mental health crusader". She's a human, and we'll probably get more details in a few weeks or a few months or a few years.
@@DTB1995 Oh so your saying she should have gotten hurt, gotten an even worse score and ended up getting worse than a silver medal for her team. Dude your sooo smart, great idea.
@@DTB1995 “times got tough”...she literally had a twisty in the air. Are you thick in the head? A twisty is when a gymnast’s mind and body are not in synch and they get lost and/or confused in the air. This has led to past gymnasts with recurring injuries, like Simone’s ankle injuries, breaking bones and in rare cases ending up paralyzed. It usually occurs due to extreme mental/physical exhaustion and is one of the most dangerous things a gymnast can go through. If you knew anything about gymnastics, you’d know she did the right thing and got extremely lucky she didn’t break her legs or neck on that vault she did. People are praising her for knowing her limits and pulling out before harming herself and the team by extension. Maybe you should look into a little thing called empathy and realize that maybe you don’t know everything so you shouldn’t judge others as if you do.
@@DTB1995 Dude, you need to get a grip. The Twisties are disorienting and can cause death. I'd like to see you keep your focus performing gymnastics after being sexually abused by the very people who were supposed to protect you. You clearly know nothing about Trauma and how it affects the brain. Maybe try educating yourself before being so sure of what you're saying, which is clearly ignorant.
Proud of our USA Ladies! Thank you for putting the phone numbers at the end! Normalizing mental struggles is how we will help each other and get thru this ❤️❤️❤️
Thank God commonsences have prevailed and Ms. Simone had the Courage to quit to avoid any harm to her body and soul….! Let us wish to all athletes, Coaches and the rest of the team, who have worked so hard the best of luck. May Buddha bless them all and find serenity through compassion.
I hope she will recover asap, in particular she ll have fun training and competing in gymnastic again, maybe thinking about katleen ohashi. A medal is not worth life.
@@molasorrosalom4846 you are really right but In Tokyo Olympic games we all saw a gymnast who annoumced her retirmemt at the age of 46....alter partecipating at 8 Olympic editions.....so...never say never 😊
@@4buckeyesax we dont know the exact diagnosis so we cant really say if she reteires or not, anyway i said as katleen ohashi she should decide not to compete in elite gymnast but going on as well
@@kennyandsaradechmerowski455 How about you compete everything Simone was doing and see if you quit 😅…because not even many men can do the things she does. You definitely couldn’t.
Suni Lee's father had a tragic fall the day before she competed in her first world all around leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. She wanted to go home, but her father told her to stay and she competed while her father was in surgery. I hope Suni Lee wins the gold in the all around.
That actually happened last year I think, not before the Olympics but they worded it like it had just happened. But yes I so hope she wins!! She's been through so much with her dad and injury and then doubt from the US lately.
if Simone didn't listen to her body that she could have been severely hurt. when you do huge skills like she does and you are known as "the G.O.A.T" it puts so much pressure on you mentally and physically.
Put your self in her shoes… it’s much harder/takes more courage to pull out of very visible Olympic competition than it does to compete knowing you’re not at your best. She IS the GOAT… not one of. And she IS the highest decorated gymnast of all time by a long shot. She has 25 medals (19 of them are GOLD) to Shannon Miller’s 9. She has nothing to prove. And I applaud and appreciate her commitment to her health and safety over winning medals for a country and organization (USAG) that hasn’t fully supported her. All the hateful comments show why she should take care of herself first bcuz it’s clear your support of her is superficial at best.
no, it doesn't take much courage to pull out.....what takes courage is not to compete before it even starts and give another person a chance. When she realized she was off...is when she wanted to withdraw....despite the demons she was fighting...if she had been hitting everything to a t.....she would have never withdrawn and we all know it.
So she knew before why did she go and deprive another of a chance? It would have been perfectly ok to just say no this time around. That is selfless ans courageous not how she did it.
@@elizabethlind9947 y'all act like she's never pulled through before. She's literally competed with broken toes and kidney stones(which are EXTREMELY painful) but they moment she decides to save herself from possible injury, everyone turns on her smh
Ahhh, are you serious 🧐 She’s a selfish person who put herself first and pretty much just quit. Watch her interview and hear her own words! Self first = selfish person. She probably grew up winning participation 🏆 so quitting at the time her team needed her most was well within her reach!
@@alocarioca no, she grew up winning 31 total medals at Olympics, world and national competitions. She shouldn't risk death for a hunk of metal on a landyard. Her teammates support her, why cant you, from your couch eating Cheetos?
@@alocarioca Did you see her vault? The event she dominates the most? An Amanar that she has been doing for like 10 years? She got lucky she didn't got injure. Honestly she could've affect the team even more had she compete in her less strong events, in the mind state she was in, not to mention, she could get paralytic if she lands her Biles skills on floor very badly. She not only did the right thing for her health, but to the performance of the team.
She was consistently making mistakes for the last week and yesterday she had a very bad moment. She got lost in the air on what is usually her easiest vault routine and she under rotated one full twist. If she had stayed she would have probably continued to make mistakes and jeopardize the chances of team USA making on the podium. This is the opposite of selfish. Do you have any idea what can happen when you are performing the hardest acrobatics EVER done by a female in the wrong headspace. You can literally get paralyzed if you make one small mistake and land wrong. This isn’t soccer or basketball where you having a bad mental day may cause you to trip or not make as many baskets. She can possibly injure herself for a lifetime.
@joe smath yes shes human, made the wrong decision to be there at all, but she quit for herself NOT her team... so she was weak and thats ok i guess, but in no way manner or form is it an act of heroism.
I love these girls!!!💗Each & every one of them!!! They fought through the Olympics TOGETHER as a team, and were able to medal. I'm just as proud of them winning "Silver" as if it were gold. Sure, everybody wants top "Gold," but in each contest only one team or one person can win it. I love their attitude & support of each other. They are ALL winners in my book. Congratulations to them ALL!!🎉🎊🏆💐💥
I am proud of Simone that she withdrew because there was to much pressure on her mentally. Her safety is what’s most important. Thank you Simone for your effort to preform and for cheering the team on. Best wishes.😊❤️❤️👍
It's really inspiring knowing what SUNI and her family have had to overcome. The years of sacrifice, dedication, hard work, training and ....STAMINA! Being a military family will do that. Stamina. ❤🇺🇸
@@molasorrosalom4846 well good thing the surgeon does not have to flip 10-15ft high in the air... stupid and idiotic comment. Maybe you can take her spot?
@@molasorrosalom4846 do you realize that gymnastics is very very dangerous it’s as much mental as it is physical if you aren’t 100% there mentally even just 1% unsure then it can very easily turn bad and you could end up never being able to compete again. Think about the dangers and problems that come with gymnastics before you decide to be insensitive. All coming from an ex gymnast who knows how hard it is
Hoping USA Gymnastics is providing the mental health professionals that are needed to help her through this! Like Michael Phelps said yesterday “it’s okay not to be okay.” 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
She quit and abandoned her team. If she was having mental issues, she should have quit well before the trials so someone capable of handling the pressure could take her place. There is no excuse for what she did to her team mates, despite the nice face they put on it.
Phelps is simply doing his duty and going along with the script provided to him by his handlers. These celebrities are even bigger slaves than we serfs, since they have privileges, conveniences, and material comforts to lose if they don't go along with the program. None of them can really say how they really feel about anything.
Wow, this is signs similar to what my daughter had after concerts. She would do great at a concert and then have a mental meltdown after almost every concert. I think it was a sign of lack of "support" either within the band community/and or team or with someone in the family where the child is looking for support; but doesn't receive it. Over much time, she started to tell me stories of what happened within the "band community" and it started to unravel. How it's all support for the "show"; but not so much when your in class.
My, how quickly we forget! As long as someone is winning, we’re full of “love” for them, but the minute they falter..we’re ready to excoriate them! We only love the athlete when they perform the way we want them to. Well, I’m NOT a fairweather fan. I recognize Simone’s humanity. I wish nothing but the best for her & all the athletes. You should hope you’re never judged the way you’re judging Simone!!
Congratulations Suni! You are fabulous. Suni, you would have won regardless of who dropped out or not! Your performances were absolutely wonderful. Bask in your glory. So happy for you.
Like Suni's dad said, Simone is the goat. Stepping down and so giving an opportunity for Suni to win gold. If healthy, hope Simone can return and win gold! Goat!
The debate about Simone Biles is not important. Simone Biles will be back to her best and we wish her a speedy resolution of the problems. Great performance by Suni Lee. And a deserving Gold medal to go with it. Great job. Very happy for Sunisa Lee.
Simone Biles didn't lose because of a mental health issue. She succeeded despite having mental health issues. Congratulations to the USA gymnast's for there success I wish them all well. From Australia.
While my heart breaks for Biles, but I'm happy for her she is surrounded by love. duni is so wise beyond her years "we didn't judt get silver we WON SILVER". In this generation placing second is worse that placing dead last. I've bern told 2nd is the 1st loser snd no one wins the silver they lose the gold. It sucks the competitive culture I was raised in. I commend them all on how mature snd supportive they all are. 1 day Simone was being thrre for Mykayla Skinner when she sadly didn't wualify for event finals and 24 hours later she's there for Simone when she wthdrew herself. After Sochi they better have 2 labs test Russia no matter how clean thrir gymnastics programs will do anything to win, especially with the coach saying (paraphrased ) if we csn get rid of Bilrs the US can't beat us
Simone did give up though. Thankfully her teammates didn't. I don't feel proud of Simone. If she was so anxiety-ridden that she had to quit mid comp, then why was she sitting on the sidelines 10 minutes later cheering and smiling?
@@mygirldarby what? Are you an idiot? She stepped down because if she continued in that headspace, she could have seriously injured herself and she could possibly put herself in the position to never do gymnastics again. She was on the sidelines cheering on her teammates so that they knew that she still wanted them to succeed. Stop trying to criticize her simply because she did something to protect herself
I love Simone. But I’ve always thought, can you imagine working your whole life for the accomplishment of making the Olympic team, only for the media to place all of the responsibility and expectations of winning gold on one team member? Every single one of these women is a powerhouse in her own right; this has got to be arguably one of the strongest Olympic women’s gymnastics teams I’ve seen since 1996. Put some respect on their names. Oh, and when one member decides she needs to tap out for her own safety AND to ensure she doesn’t cost the team a medal, don’t treat her like all of her accomplishments are now null and void because of that one decision.
Now, enough about Simone! Stop pointing the camera to her on the stand, and keep the attention on Suni Lee! Lee has become the first Asian-American to win the all around gold.
I pray that the ones who are selfishly criticizing her never experience a moment of mental health in their lives that they fail to recognize for being just that…a mental illness.
What ever. Why did she go all this way to withdraw with a mental illness. This not her first rodeo. All the other girls have just as much pressure. Everyone sets goals and wants to accomplish them. When your on the team what do you expect of course your representating America so of course your going to have tons of pressure that’s just how it is
A lot of people disagree with Simone but some of y’all forget that you need to have a good mental state in order to succeed . And if it’s getting worse your body will take long to recover when you injured yourself . Not having a good mental health can put u at risk for injury and recovery time
Stars come and go, each has their point of no return, that day when they quit. Just because she was young and small doesn't mean she would do it forever. Cut her some slack, the number of years in competition or number of competitions are not a real measure. The mind and body can only take so much, and when a person at the peak of physical ability competes it would seem that the candle burns at both ends. When they say they are done, it not only is an important day for that person, but an important day for all the rest of the competition, one person quits another stands up for the challenge. Cut her some slack and let her bathe in her successes, that's what we enjoyed about her time in the limelight.
Exactly what Suni said. They didn’t JUST get silver. They WON silver. It wasn’t handed to them, they earned it.
Yeah MK that's a fact they do
this was first said by michelle kwan, the figure skater
They still can't ignore the Simone Biles story though. She's too big of an athlete for this not to be front-page news.
❤❤CONGRATULATIONS SUNI ❤❤
...WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU HERE IN MINNESOTA!!!
@M M really! Then all those USA athletes who took a knee for the American flag, they're real Americans!!? ... NO! Suni is a real American hero and welcome to REALITY knucklehead.
I would like the media to focus more on the success of the 3 girls who won silver...They did a fabulous job and should get celebrated more.
And the two alternates.
LISTEN GOOF !
1 FOR ALL AND
ALL FOR 1
@@BengiAndSnuggles Oh please be quiet!
Or the men’s
Welcome to bizarro world. Where everything is backwards...
The gymnastics team was never designed around one athlete. Yes, Simone has her legacy but the other gymnasts have always been stellar.
Well... in THIS case....
@@jonathandoelander6130Well, in this case she was the only one that had to ditch her ADHD meds to compete.
THIS team was.
@@HELLRZR-nm3vv yes because Ritalin is banned from the Tokyo Olympics. Hence all this drama
Golly, it’s so nice to hear this whole team of young women support one another in the face of difficult circumstances. MUCH nicer than criticism & divisiveness. Something we can all take in and propagate more of the same!
what is really nice is that the criticism and divisiveness is not amongst the gymnasts. Some of the commentators in the peanut gallery have a lot to learn.
I wouldn't expect them not to support each other. Surprised it entered your head - I wonder for what reason?
@@elainebines6803
It never entered my head that they wouldn’t support each other! It was simply nice to see these accomplished young women handling a difficult & unexpected situation with poise and confidence with the media in tow.
@@navychop6667 of course not! I am sure each one of them had their own personal feelings and struggles with the unexpected situation, but the point is that they came together as a team both in front of an aggressive media and in competition to win a silver medal for their country. Much to be proud of! And Biles helped by stepping into role of coach and supporter in spite of her own disappointment. The “twisties” in gymnastics certainly seems like a dangerous and real situation.
Golly, you obviously never practiced for years or played in team sports. Criticism and divisiveness is exactly what she caused in her team. Don't fool yourself into thinking that is not what is happening, they just are not showing it. Unlike the "goat that choked", the rest of her team didn't. They payed by loosing the gold and getting second place. I played a team sport for years, 10 years or so. Believe me, getting second place NEVER felt like you won anything, only that you lost.
I just think it's asinine that there's hardly any news coverage of the other 4 girls competing etc.
I agree, that's not right & it's really a shame they worked hard as well & what about the alternate who would have loved to have been there
Exactly. Why wasn't Simone replaced in the team immediately after she withdrew? I'm sick of hearing about Simone and her issues....ok, another mental break is needed. WHY wasn't this detected prior to coming to the Olympics?? There's plenty of blame to go around and the U.S. Olympic organization gets A LOT of it for putting Simone's face on these Olympics. The media for hyping her up to the nth degree....now what?? She's NOT going to compete anymore and I don't consider her the Goat. You can't have a mental breakdown and be considered the greatest one.
@@KnowTrentTimoy Your mental state-of-mind changes rapidly. People have no clue what that level of stress is like. And if you've never experienced it like she has you may not be able to understand it. Also for the record she won 1st in the qualifiers against everyone there which is pretty goat to me.
@@realsmollbean I'll agree with everything you've said for the moment but this is unprecedented. I think Simone took a page out of Naomi Osaka's playbook. I agreed with Osaka's situation but this...this is just crazy. WHY wasn't she replaced with Jade Carey to help the team? I don't care if I don't ever see Simone compete again. This will NOT be forgotten and she knows it.
@@KnowTrentTimoy Facts 💯
I think the three girls deserve all the attention. They had perform on the spot and still got a medal.
@@jasongenova9194 you honestly don’t understand how much pressure it is. it’s a lot of pressure for me and i’m not on live tv doing the kind of tricks the do. She’s got the most pressure due to how people expect her to be perfect all the time. your the selfish one 🙄🤚
I agree with her letting down her team. There is a young girl out there somewhere watching that just miss making the team and could have perform for team USA and just maybe have helped team USA win gold once again.
@@marvelluver1408 can you say that to the hundreds of girls who sacrificed years of their life to be told they didn’t make the team only to find out some backed out when they knew of their mental issues? You’re a sick human being; it’s not about one person it’s about everyone. The black community had many try out but didn’t make it. Are you racist?
Like MyKayla Skinner for example who could’ve greatly contributed in the Team Score with her high flying vaults and very consistent performance in the other events as well! It’s so sad! I’m so sad for her and the other gymnasts who lost a spot because of Simone… Yet Biles still keeps getting all the limelight! It’s becoming sickening to be honest! Cover the other gymnasts who greatly deserve it and EARNED the Silver or Suni Lee who WON the GOLD!!!🥇
@@jasongenova9194 a racist??? hunny what? how does me saying that simone isn’t selfish is racist doesn’t make sense. I do think others would’ve loved to compete in the place of her. but simone might not have decided to step out until the last minute. it’s a very tough decision. I’m done with people hating on her, especially since you don’t know the whole story.
If mental health was talked about and recognised in the late 70s and early 80s perhaps Elena Muhkina wouldn’t have suffered her terrible injury which left her paralysed, and perhaps she’d still be alive today and not confined to a wheelchair, thank God Simone Biles was able to say to her coach, “I’m not in the right headspace, something’s wrong, I’m not feeling it today” or something to that effect and was able to withdraw from competition to protect not only her mental health, but her physical health, to all you haters, why don’t you look up Elena Muhkina and her tragic end, her coach pushed her beyond the point of exhaustion, he should be rotting in jail alongside Larry Nasser
Yes, but Elena had a broken leg and they wouldn't let her stop.
@@KJ-ip2sg Simone said she hadn’t been able to sleep much at all in days. She’s also recovering from recurring ankle injuries. Plus, she literally suffered from a twisty in the air, where your mental and physical state aren’t synched up and you get confused/lost in the air. She was lucky she didn’t end up just like Elena considering those circumstances. You could see the terror in her eyes knowing what had happened while walking away from the vault. I’m glad she pulled out of competition instead of risking it further.
FACTS
I've remembered Elena well from watching gymnastics for over 20ty years.
@I be To you wow, a lot of projection from you. I agree, you are indeed a “fooking loser” and a complete and utter “embarassment”.
Simone doesn’t owe anyone anything. She’s got her gold medals. She’s made her mark. Let her be. Time to show our love for the other team mates
… and yet bailed on her team during the Olympics. 🙄
She owed her team. She is not the GOAT
@@MonaLucy15257 She doesn’t owe her team her life. Something took away her ability to do her routines safely. You may think she should have broken her neck to prove her loyalty, but her team values her and their mission more than you do.
If this were a military mission that required running, jumping, tumbling, and balance skills, and one of your highly trained soldiers reported that she had lost the ability to do the skills required to complete the mission, you’d replace her with a backup.
@@kevinbailey8827 A "she" probably wouldn't be in a military battle in the first place, but if a "she" was, "she" would not be ALLOWED to bow out because she just wasn't feeling it that day. She would stick to what she originally committed to, then fall apart later. You never let your team down after you've made the commitment in the middle of a battle royale.
Of course, in a military battle, the lives of your buddies & the mission are at stake. In Olympic Games, it's just representing a country in front of the whole world.....no biggy, right?
@@MsJudi54 This is not a matter of Biles just not feeling it that day. It’s about her realizing that she could not safely perform her routines due to a condition that wasn’t going away. It’s like if she had a broken leg. I wouldn’t expect her to compete with a broken leg, because it would be likely to lead to even more serious injuries.
I’m guessing you think she bowed out because she just didn’t want to compete. I’m saying she bowed out because she realized that she couldn’t do it with her condition. Seeing it through to likely disaster or tragedy wasn’t in anyone’s best interest.
This right here is one of the biggest reasons you never ever design a team around one specific athlete because you never know what will happen I hope she gets through and comes out on the other side stronger and better than ever
?? US team were all AA..
@@FeeDragee123 What? Lol
@@FeeDragee123 while they were AA gymnasts Tom basically designed this team so that Simone was the featured athlete and that it would essentially rely on her difficulty to put them into gold medal position even the coach on the Russian team knew this she even said it without Simone her girls would take gold I’m not discrediting the others on the team because they stepped up when they needed to and that in itself is a huge accomplishment let alone them working together to earn that silver medal but he made a huge mistake designing a team around her he should have created a team which even without her would still give them the best chance to medal for gold that’s a mistake on his part
It wasn’t designed around her. She was one of just FOUR people! It was designed based on all of their abilities to contribute. Unpopular opinion but I don’t think what Simone did was for the “good of the team.” I think it was self-serving.
@@PhenixJoe of course part of it was designed so that they could contribute however from the get go Tom and the rest of the selection committee had it all set out they wanted Simone to make all event finals and so yeah he did design for them all to contribute but he also designed it so that they were AA but that none of them aside from Suni specialised in one specific event and then strategically put Mykayla in an individual spot and others like Leanne into the alternate position so that it was almost a certainty that Simone would make every event final
I can only imagine the anxiety they all face. Biles has so many gold metals, she has represented the USA beautifully. The other ladies now have the opportunity to pull in a gold, but silver is also awesome....all of yall are winners. God bless all of them!!!
THIS RIGHT HERE!!Simone Biles alone is NOT team USA..ALL OF THEM is TEAM USA..we need to focus less attention on Simone and let her focus on her..and instead of eeling bad, we need to CELEBRATE what Team USA has currently accomplished..
@@UNSTABLE111 you're absoooolutely right. people need to STOP being jealous of the other amazing girls and STOP bringing up simone's name in other's celebration.
I do not understand this. Why is everyone so sad and devastated that the USA Team got a Silver medal. A freaking silver medal!! I mean isn't that an amazing feat in itself? I understand the players or their coaches being dejected (if they are at all) by this because they dreamt of a Gold, but for fans isn't this an amazing achievment?
Because the US has dominated in women's gymnastics. We expect to win gold. Second place isn't the best and we want to always be the best.
Absolutely the Russians brought there a game and USA managed to keep up pretty nicely
@@mygirldarby USA really did do well it’s not fair at all for everyone to put way too much pressure on the team and her do you realize how dangerous this sport is she wasn’t ok mentally and a small slip up could result in never competing again
@@sophdixon8013 or never breathe or walk again
Nah!
I’d LOVE to see Suni Lee win gold for all around-individual!!
... and the next pressure to be put on a gymnast. Now that Simone Biles has taken a step back, it hits Sunisa Lee. Please learn from what happened!
me too!!! She is SO talented!!!! She has a chance to get out of the shadow this time.
I would love that too
She just did!!!!
And she did
Maybe this will be a lesson for the media to always make sure to balance out coverage of all the teammates in their strengths rather than focusing on one player.
If your not the best no one cares
Or White these days
@@skipfluck4299 No I totally disagree. I am a mother of a competitive gymnast. There is no bias. Everyone loves and respects Simone Biles. Her talent is off the scale. Any negative comments in my. Opinion have absolutely nothing to do with the colour of her skin.
That’s right Suni!! Wise words!! Why does everyone think she just quit without speaking to her teammates??
Because that sounds more dramatic and drama sells.
@@39Bosski you really can’t fix stupid I guess 🤦♀️
It’s fall PR- her teammates don’t want to get cancelled so they support publicly - but we shouldn’t applaud quitting. If she withdrew before she completed any event no one would have a problem with Simone - she quit after facing adversity.
@@justinallen723 what adversity do you think she was facing?
@@justinallen723 thanks expert....know nothing expert
People are talking like “quitting” is the worst thing you can do. I think it takes strength to leave something you’ve worked all your life for. Knowing your limits and protecting your health is so important! Congrats to Suni for going golddd!!! Go team USA!!
FIRST OFF, CONGRATS TO Suni, Jordan and Grace for their amazing work and winning Silver!!! THEY WON SILVER!🗣👏🏽❤️ As for Simone, good on her for taking care of herself. She’s FAR from a “quitter”! Her selfless decision to not devalue her health, mentally or otherwise, allowed room for her teammate Jordan to shine. At the level they’re at, that’s not hardly selfish.
Yup very balance response
This is so weird, is everyone forgetting that before there was the finals, there were qualifiers first and they all participated. They all had a role to play and this is why it is a team of 4 not 3. Someone would have had to sit out on participating on some of the apparatus and still had gotten a medal. They all played their part and congrats to the team of 4 for getting 🥈
Biles felt a lot of pressure because many expected her to do the same moves last Olympics and exceed more but as u get older and things happening in your life can take a toll on how you perform next olympics so I totally get where biles is coming from. Hope she recovers and wish her nothing but the best
Agreed but she could have reduced and tweeked her routines perhaps. She did for the individual Beam final!!!!
Thank you for being responsible and posting the helpline at the end! Great job.
Congratulations to Sunisa Lee for winning Gold.
Its ok. Simone stepped off for her own safety. Sunni stepped up and won gold for the U.S.A. that's what counts. The U.S. team won!
Simone does skills so crazy they are underscored to keep other PROFESSIONAL gymnasts from attempting them because they could get severely hurt. If she isn’t performing the way she usually performs, she shouldn’t be attempting her signature skills that only she can do. This was 100% the right decision
OKAY YASSSSSSS QUEEN
She shouldn’t be allowed to do skills she worked to master?! If other people can’t do HER MOVES, they need to make their own….
She quit on herself and her team
If you can already do something no one can't, and calling yourself the goat. Why are you even worry about unfair when you pretty much say you're so good you're guaranteed gold.
@@CrayZJo3Davola it was bringing down the team scores in general. and if you look at her face durning vault and floor some thing was off with her from the beginning
I hope Simone is able to deal with her issues and come back stronger than ever, she still has a lot to give to the gymnastics world. Suni Lee is so beautiful and talented. Team USA will be fine with her and the others stepping up to get the job done.
SHE'S not returning. She's said that very recently in some documentary.
@@TheDowntown02 Aye. It's really rare for a female gymnast to compete at the elite level past age 24. Sure, there are outliers, Oksana is 46...
She’s a quitter....she pulled out of the TEAM in the super bowl. Its an excuse that can’t be criticized because of the society we live in giving a pass on anything. My guess is she has no issues, it’s just she choked and looked for a way out to try to save face because she was getting beat.
Ugh!!
@@sawboneiomc8809 she has 27 gold medals give her a break
Good luck to Suni Lee & Jade Carrey on the All Around finals!!
Sunisa Lee! Gold medalist! Hmong Proud! So damn proud! Proud to be a Hmong American!
I say you go Simone, recognizing that something was not right and acting on it . That is why God gives us that six sense . She and her teammates are awesome young ladies supporting one another as you should. Blessings on them all . That is how you do it.
Angela Broadnax - Sorry, but I think it's a shame. No one gets to this point and then punk out. If she was having issues, she should have known before the Olympics started. Too many others have had just as much stress but didn't quit on their team.
@@jdstep97 She quit for her team not on her team.
Congrats to Suni Lee The Best!
Suni for AA Gold!!
She ve just WON!!!
@@User-DarkHorse8765 I cried when I woke up! She really deserves this. This is Suni’s destiny. She was meant to win AA Gold and win for the Hmong Community! Proud to be Asian American :)
Suni is amazing; rising star. Biles has nothing else to prove. She’s worked hard & attained every goal. It’s everyone else to rise to her standard. Like MPhelps, they are both rich, had their personal struggles & can quit, give up or do what the heck they want to do at this point.
She not quitting or any of the teammates, there’s still Gold medals for the USA to Earn through years
Any of you got a silver medal? Didn’t think so.
So?
@Impersonal Immigrant She has 4 moves named after her, 19 World championship golds plus 5 other medals from the same event, several Olympic golds from 2016 and has proven herself physically capable of doing things no other gymnast around the world has even attempted. Put yourself on mute please. She's already proven that she is the greatest gymnast of all time.
@@qu33nofhear7s I hope she has a lot of children and lives to 100.
🤣🤣
No... but plenty of silver spoons, hey?
Why did they use that picture of Simone? It makes her look sinister and I am certain it is done on purpose and yes, they should be focusing on the members of the team still competing.
That was there intention
Congrats to suni lee and her dad her biggest fan💪
Continuation of comment below: why the lack of praise and admiration for Suni Lees performance? She displayed emotional maturity under intense pressure and excelled in her routines. Both women deserve better. This is an example of what’s happening in our country- false statements to create sensationalism no matter who gets hurt!
Suni Lee stepped up to the plate in no uncertain fashion..Fantastic under all that pressure. Its a long fall from that pedestal but there is always going to be another talented gymnast waiting in the wings. As a mother of a competitive gymnast I did find it difficult to understand the events that transpired with Simone Biles. My son was surprised knowing the mind set required for the sport. His response rightly or wrongly "You do it for the team even if that means recducing the difficulty in your routines" She did with the beam!!!!!
If she's going as far as to sacrifice one of her dreams and everything she worked for over the last few years , it's because her headspace really doesn't allow her to do so,
Don't tell her what to do or what not to do, opinate about your own life
Yes, you can't be doing crazy stunts if you're not in the right head space. No one wants to break their neck.
Yesss!
When tbe going gets tough......quit?
@@molasorrosalom4846 when the going becomes so dangerous you might hurt yourself pretty damn bad, step down
@Impersonal Immigrant is she not the goat though? She’s the best of the best. Greatest of all time. So because she withdrew from one competition, she’s all of a sudden a lamb?? What if she continued, not in the right headspace, and she broke her neck and became paralyzed or died?
Sometimes you can’t really comprehend how powerless and helpless you are until you experience it. And to be able to recognize, accept it, and try to deal with it, is another tough battle to face that need courage and perseverance. You are all winners girls 👍🏽✊🏽
She will let them shine! Simone never forget were she came from. She giving back. I'm in tears and I know Simone giving her all and all. TEAM" SIMONE
@Just Hear Me Out You seem fairly bitter.
Nah, she weak
I think its annoying that the entire news and media is talking about SImone but is barely talking about the other 3 girls who had to carry that whole competition on their backs bc Simone left them hanging. Talk about them.
Obviously it was important for Simone to talk about what happened but why does the media + news never care about the entire team? 💔
@@thestar8404 exactly!
no, YOU ARE ANNOYING because you're the same person saying simone gpt too much attention but i guess this silver medal is her fault, too? lol But yeah lets forget what she DID do for this pathetic country
They didn't "have to carry the whole competition", they ALL went to Tokyo to compete. USA gymnastics shouldn't have been relying on her to carry the entire competition anyway, that's WHY each country sends a team instead of a single gymnast. I agree with your assessment of the news coverage, but you're acting like they weren't equally there to compete. Suni was always scheduled to do as many events as Simone during the Team finals- she was always planning to HELP simone carry them to gold!
The THREE people who had to carry the competition TOGETHER. Let's face it... Before she withdrew, the team competition had been placed entirely on Simone's shoulders.
Have you ever heard Shawn Johnson East talk about her Olympic gold medal BB routine? That she was mentally and physically exhausted. That she couldn't make it through the routine because she was so exhausted? That her coach had her do the routine OVER and OVER and OVER again in the warm up gym until her brain was so exhausted it shut off? Can you imagine how dangerous it is to be out there doing a beam routine with your brain shut off? And her coach was one of the "good guys." One of the coaches who was seen as someone who looked out for his gymnasts.
So proud of those ladies; awesome team! 🥳🥳🥳🇺🇲🥰
I wish that Soviet gymnast who was paralyzed before the 1980 Summer games could have stood up for herself. She was practicing a skill she was neither mentally nor physically ready for and it was disastrous. People forget the danger of this sport. Her name is Elena Mukhina. I think she died in 2006.
yes you are right. There was a lot of pressure from the top regarding the Reputation of the Soviet Union and that went down the line to the Gymnasts and the Coaches. Yelena did not blame her Coach for what happened. She blamed herself plus her Parents died when she was young and her Grandmother didn't have much say in the matter. it was the Doctors who didn't listen to her when she wasn't healed enough from her broken Leg and removed her cast .
I hope she is going to be well.
When you are flipping 10 ft in the air and doing what US gymnasts do, your head needs to be right. WE don't our young people to injure themselves in any way. The other girls won SILVER. Where's the champagne?!
In don't get why people feel bad!!! they WON silver and sunisa WON GOLD ..Simone is estactic about this too!!!..but NOOOOO media is too focused on negative aspects, and people are kicking a person when she is down..To me, SImone bowing out is good thing for both her and the girls...It gives simone time to focus on her but it gives the other girls the time to shine and how that collectively as a team they support each other through grime and grim...
Exactly!!! We should never ever get another Kerri moment!
She was suffering withdraws from her ADHD medication...This is all on the American Olympic Association..Should have been prepared their athletes mentally..
They completely ignored how her detoxing would impact her performance!!
The American Olympic Committee has been slipping in its managament of athletes or potential athletes.. just like the 100 meter dash female tested positive for weed.
The organization is slipping in taking care of the athletes mentally and physically .
I wont hate on her...but they should have worked on ALL THE ATHLETES MENTALITY AND PHYSICALLY!! Most sports have had so many issues...
Like the 100 meter female who had weed positive test.
Idk wtf people were thinking
.not weaning her off her meds before the Olympics... they used her doing DANGEROUS STUNTS while in withdrawals!
Congratulations to the entire team on their achievement!
The USA team has done an amazing job. Just being at the games is enough of a reason to be proud. Simone is part of a team. She stepped back when she needed to for herself & has amazing things yet to come. I am happy just to see them finally get to compete after the long pandemic wait. The level of uncertainty and frustration these competitors have withstood has to have taken a toll on everyone in Tokyo, not just gymnastics or the US Olympic delegation. I feel all the competitors deserve a standing ovation!
Wonderful young women. All of them. Simone does very dangerous moves and knew that she wasn’t quite right. Rather than risk injury she chose to let-the others shine. And shine they will.
She was suffering withdraws from her ADHD medication...This is all on the American Olympic Association..Should have been prepared their athletes mentally..
They completely ignored how her detoxing would impact her performance!!
The American Olympic Committee has been slipping in its managament of athletes or potential athletes.. just like the 100 meter dash female tested positive for weed.
The organization is slipping in taking care of the athletes mentally and physically .
I wont hate on her...but they should have worked on ALL THE ATHLETES MENTALITY AND PHYSICALLY!! Most sports have had so many issues...
Like the 100 meter female who had weed positive test.
Idk wtf people were thinking
.not weaning her off her meds before the Olympics... they used her doing DANGEROUS STUNTS while in withdrawals!
What would the media be saying if Simone fell on a routine and the team didn't even make the podium at all? She did the right thing.
I think a lot of these comments are made by people who don’t know anything about gymnastics or what the meaning of a team is
@joe smath stfu if you have nothing good to say. Try doing half the stuff these gymnasts do, then you can talk shit
Define a team.
@joe smath She didn't leave the team. She stayed and encouraged them and helped them - as teammates do. She just couldn't be one of the competing 3 on any of the remaining apparatus.
@joe smath if you break your arm during a basketball game would you still run out there and chuck up shots
I've done gymnastics although of course never anywhere near Olympic level; and I think there's more going on here than what we're hearing. Watch her expression after that vault -- an easy element she's done perfectly innumerable times. There's something, and I don't think she's a "coward" and I also don't think she's a "mental health crusader". She's a human, and we'll probably get more details in a few weeks or a few months or a few years.
It's really telling of America when people are prioritizing a medal over someone's well-being.
It's really telling of America when people are praising someone quits on their team bc times got tough
@@DTB1995 Oh so your saying she should have gotten hurt, gotten an even worse score and ended up getting worse than a silver medal for her team. Dude your sooo smart, great idea.
@@DTB1995 “times got tough”...she literally had a twisty in the air. Are you thick in the head? A twisty is when a gymnast’s mind and body are not in synch and they get lost and/or confused in the air. This has led to past gymnasts with recurring injuries, like Simone’s ankle injuries, breaking bones and in rare cases ending up paralyzed. It usually occurs due to extreme mental/physical exhaustion and is one of the most dangerous things a gymnast can go through. If you knew anything about gymnastics, you’d know she did the right thing and got extremely lucky she didn’t break her legs or neck on that vault she did. People are praising her for knowing her limits and pulling out before harming herself and the team by extension. Maybe you should look into a little thing called empathy and realize that maybe you don’t know everything so you shouldn’t judge others as if you do.
@@DTB1995 Dude, you need to get a grip. The Twisties are disorienting and can cause death. I'd like to see you keep your focus performing gymnastics after being sexually abused by the very people who were supposed to protect you. You clearly know nothing about Trauma and how it affects the brain. Maybe try educating yourself before being so sure of what you're saying, which is clearly ignorant.
Suni has the weight of the world on her shoulders too. Praying for Suni
She just won gold for all around 🥳
Proud of our USA Ladies! Thank you for putting the phone numbers at the end! Normalizing mental struggles is how we will help each other and get thru this ❤️❤️❤️
Lee stepped up. champ mentality
Simone is a great athlete and if she doesn't feel like she can be doing the team a favor ? It's her call, proved herself over and over.
Thank God commonsences have prevailed and Ms. Simone had the Courage to quit to avoid any harm to her body and soul….! Let us wish to all athletes, Coaches and the rest of the team, who have worked so hard the best of luck. May Buddha bless them all and find serenity through compassion.
Suni Lee wish u all of the best...suni for gold
I hope she will recover asap, in particular she ll have fun training and competing in gymnastic again, maybe thinking about katleen ohashi. A medal is not worth life.
She's retiring. This is it.
She's 24 dude, that's retirement age. She's done
@@molasorrosalom4846 you are really right but In Tokyo Olympic games we all saw a gymnast who annoumced her retirmemt at the age of 46....alter partecipating at 8 Olympic editions.....so...never say never 😊
What she has endured will take years to recover from, if ever. Study up on serial assault and mental health...WORLD!!!
@@4buckeyesax we dont know the exact diagnosis so we cant really say if she reteires or not, anyway i said as katleen ohashi she should decide not to compete in elite gymnast but going on as well
I’m so proud of these girls. All of them 🥰
I agree with three of them. One is scared and selfish.
Another women
@@kennyandsaradechmerowski455 How about you compete everything Simone was doing and see if you quit 😅…because not even many men can do the things she does. You definitely couldn’t.
🥰🥰🥰🥰
She is a 24 year old woman not a girl.
Suni Lee's father had a tragic fall the day before she competed in her first world all around leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. She wanted to go home, but her father told her to stay and she competed while her father was in surgery. I hope Suni Lee wins the gold in the all around.
That actually happened last year I think, not before the Olympics but they worded it like it had just happened. But yes I so hope she wins!! She's been through so much with her dad and injury and then doubt from the US lately.
@@HB-ey2dk She just took the gold medal in the AA. So happy for her.
Shouting out this team you lil ladies ROCK . You chicks are AMAZING
I’m so sad for Simone, but everyone is allowed to be human. God bless Simone, and hope your back to your normal self soon.
we need to hear about those three brave girls......poor thing!
@Just Hear Me Out meaning fighting like a true hero especially when you have decided to represent your country.....
@Just Hear Me Out Watch Athlete A on Netflix
Suni, you are the best! Humble and supportive.
Your actions speak louder than words.
You are the GOAT to me!
@Impersonal Immigrant And you are an🐜 that gets stepped on.
if Simone didn't listen to her body that she could have been severely hurt. when you do huge skills like she does and you are known as "the G.O.A.T" it puts so much pressure on you mentally and physically.
You're right, it's not like every other Olympic athlete is under pressure or anything.....
Part of being a goat is handling the intense pressure of performing. Gymnastics is about being tough physically and mentally.
I'm sure there are goats in other sports too.... But ok
@@mygirldarby No one is physically and or mentally 100% ,24/7 , 365 days.
Put your self in her shoes… it’s much harder/takes more courage to pull out of very visible Olympic competition than it does to compete knowing you’re not at your best. She IS the GOAT… not one of. And she IS the highest decorated gymnast of all time by a long shot. She has 25 medals (19 of them are GOLD) to Shannon Miller’s 9. She has nothing to prove. And I applaud and appreciate her commitment to her health and safety over winning medals for a country and organization (USAG) that hasn’t fully supported her. All the hateful comments show why she should take care of herself first bcuz it’s clear your support of her is superficial at best.
no, it doesn't take much courage to pull out.....what takes courage is not to compete before it even starts and give another person a chance. When she realized she was off...is when she wanted to withdraw....despite the demons she was fighting...if she had been hitting everything to a t.....she would have never withdrawn and we all know it.
So she knew before why did she go and deprive another of a chance? It would have been perfectly ok to just say no this time around. That is selfless ans courageous not how she did it.
Quitting is so easy! Sticking it out is what is tough and builds character.
@@elizabethlind9947 well said
@@elizabethlind9947 y'all act like she's never pulled through before. She's literally competed with broken toes and kidney stones(which are EXTREMELY painful) but they moment she decides to save herself from possible injury, everyone turns on her smh
Thank you for the video.This is the only video that added mental health support line at the .
Yeah Rohana Russom, I think that is a fact √√
Excellent putting team first ahead of herself!
Ahhh, are you serious 🧐
She’s a selfish person who put herself first and pretty much just quit. Watch her interview and hear her own words!
Self first = selfish person.
She probably grew up winning participation 🏆 so quitting at the time her team needed her most was well within her reach!
@@alocarioca no, she grew up winning 31 total medals at Olympics, world and national competitions. She shouldn't risk death for a hunk of metal on a landyard. Her teammates support her, why cant you, from your couch eating Cheetos?
@@alocarioca Did you see her vault? The event she dominates the most? An Amanar that she has been doing for like 10 years? She got lucky she didn't got injure. Honestly she could've affect the team even more had she compete in her less strong events, in the mind state she was in, not to mention, she could get paralytic if she lands her Biles skills on floor very badly. She not only did the right thing for her health, but to the performance of the team.
She was consistently making mistakes for the last week and yesterday she had a very bad moment. She got lost in the air on what is usually her easiest vault routine and she under rotated one full twist. If she had stayed she would have probably continued to make mistakes and jeopardize the chances of team USA making on the podium. This is the opposite of selfish.
Do you have any idea what can happen when you are performing the hardest acrobatics EVER done by a female in the wrong headspace. You can literally get paralyzed if you make one small mistake and land wrong. This isn’t soccer or basketball where you having a bad mental day may cause you to trip or not make as many baskets. She can possibly injure herself for a lifetime.
@joe smath yes shes human, made the wrong decision to be there at all, but she quit for herself NOT her team... so she was weak and thats ok i guess, but in no way manner or form is it an act of heroism.
I love these girls!!!💗Each & every one of them!!! They fought through the Olympics TOGETHER as a team, and were able to medal. I'm just as proud of them winning "Silver" as if it were gold. Sure, everybody wants top "Gold," but in each contest only one team or one person can win it. I love their attitude & support of each other. They are ALL winners in my book. Congratulations to them ALL!!🎉🎊🏆💐💥
I am proud of Simone that she withdrew because there was to much pressure on her mentally. Her safety is what’s most important. Thank you Simone for your effort to preform and for cheering the team on. Best wishes.😊❤️❤️👍
Enough of prolonging this issue to let her focus and move on.
I agree, and I wish ppl will start focusing more on the 3 women and Sunni who I won individual aa
Well spoken Miss Lee!!!!
It's really inspiring knowing what SUNI and her family have had to overcome. The years of sacrifice, dedication, hard work, training and ....STAMINA! Being a military family will do that. Stamina. ❤🇺🇸
I'm so glad you chose to take care of yourself. Good on you.
IN MY OPIONION ALL THE OLYMPIANS ARE GOLD MEDALIST. THESE ATHLETES GIVE IT THEIR ALL MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY.
we should live at the present moment ,the past was gone the future is not here yet . we support 3 girls won silver
❤❤CONGRATULATIONS SUNI ❤❤
...WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU HERE IN MINNESOTA!!!
I would like to see this young girl go home and make herself well. Maybe it's time to move into her next faze of life
Make herself well???
I feel soooooo bad for the multimillionaire athlete that decided to quit, after messing up one time.....
@@molasorrosalom4846 what a terrible comment. You lack all kind of empathy.
@@whereIstood0705
Imagine if s surgeon quit in the middle of surgery
@@molasorrosalom4846 well good thing the surgeon does not have to flip 10-15ft high in the air... stupid and idiotic comment. Maybe you can take her spot?
@@molasorrosalom4846 do you realize that gymnastics is very very dangerous it’s as much mental as it is physical if you aren’t 100% there mentally even just 1% unsure then it can very easily turn bad and you could end up never being able to compete again. Think about the dangers and problems that come with gymnastics before you decide to be insensitive. All coming from an ex gymnast who knows how hard it is
Kudos to you Simone! It's hard to admit that there is a mental health problems. You are an amazing woman ❤
Simone is an inspiration! Many blessings and Thank You for representing with grace.
Grace of quitting. What are you all smoking? It is called work ethic. Learn it.
@@kennyandsaradechmerowski455 Hey, guys. Quit trying to burst Rosa's bubble!
You misspelled embarrassment
Lee is good. Keep up the good work!!👏👏👏
Congratulations and Thank you 🙏 wonderful gals .. for making the country proud in front of world .. u girls did it ..
Hoping USA Gymnastics is providing the mental health professionals that are needed to help her through this! Like Michael Phelps said yesterday “it’s okay not to be okay.” 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
She quit and abandoned her team. If she was having mental issues, she should have quit well before the trials so someone capable of handling the pressure could take her place. There is no excuse for what she did to her team mates, despite the nice face they put on it.
Phelps is simply doing his duty and going along with the script provided to him by his handlers. These celebrities are even bigger slaves than we serfs, since they have privileges, conveniences, and material comforts to lose if they don't go along with the program. None of them can really say how they really feel about anything.
Suni Lee you go girl! You took it over and proved , umm what's her name? hahaha That you are the best!
Wow, this is signs similar to what my daughter had after concerts. She would do great at a concert and then have a mental meltdown after almost every concert. I think it was a sign of lack of "support" either within the band community/and or team or with someone in the family where the child is looking for support; but doesn't receive it. Over much time, she started to tell me stories of what happened within the "band community" and it started to unravel. How it's all support for the "show"; but not so much when your in class.
Much respect for this young woman. She did what was right for her. Her team mates stepped up and did great. 3 silvers and a gold. Go U.S.A.
❤️💪 Mental Health matters and even the best like Simone suffer from it
Of course, but Simone is supposed to be the goat...the greatest of all time doesn't quit mid comp because of nerves.
@@mygirldarby but she really could gotten injured if she continued
My praise goes to the 3 girls who stepped up & won the " GOLDEN" silver. Bravo
My, how quickly we forget! As long as someone is winning, we’re full of “love” for them, but the minute they falter..we’re ready to excoriate them! We only love the athlete when they perform the way we want them to. Well, I’m NOT a fairweather fan. I recognize Simone’s humanity. I wish nothing but the best for her & all the athletes. You should hope you’re never judged the way you’re judging Simone!!
Congratulations Suni! You are fabulous. Suni, you would have won regardless of who dropped out or not! Your performances were absolutely wonderful. Bask in your glory. So happy for you.
Like Suni's dad said, Simone is the goat. Stepping down and so giving an opportunity for Suni to win gold. If healthy, hope Simone can return and win gold! Goat!
Suni Lee won gold!!
The debate about Simone Biles is not important. Simone Biles will be back to her best and we wish her a speedy resolution of the problems. Great performance by Suni Lee. And a deserving Gold medal to go with it. Great job. Very happy for Sunisa Lee.
Simone Biles didn't lose because of a mental health issue. She succeeded despite having mental health issues. Congratulations to the USA gymnast's for there success I wish them all well. From Australia.
While my heart breaks for Biles, but I'm happy for her she is surrounded by love. duni is so wise beyond her years "we didn't judt get silver we WON SILVER". In this generation placing second is worse that placing dead last. I've bern told 2nd is the 1st loser snd no one wins the silver they lose the gold. It sucks the competitive culture I was raised in. I commend them all on how mature snd supportive they all are. 1 day Simone was being thrre for Mykayla Skinner when she sadly didn't wualify for event finals and 24 hours later she's there for Simone when she wthdrew herself. After Sochi they better have 2 labs test Russia no matter how clean thrir gymnastics programs will do anything to win, especially with the coach saying (paraphrased ) if we csn get rid of Bilrs the US can't beat us
I have to say I am super proud of Simone biles and her team for doing their best and never give up 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏾
Simone did give up though. Thankfully her teammates didn't. I don't feel proud of Simone. If she was so anxiety-ridden that she had to quit mid comp, then why was she sitting on the sidelines 10 minutes later cheering and smiling?
@@mygirldarby what? Are you an idiot? She stepped down because if she continued in that headspace, she could have seriously injured herself and she could possibly put herself in the position to never do gymnastics again. She was on the sidelines cheering on her teammates so that they knew that she still wanted them to succeed. Stop trying to criticize her simply because she did something to protect herself
Suni Lee looks absolutely beautiful.
I love Simone. But I’ve always thought, can you imagine working your whole life for the accomplishment of making the Olympic team, only for the media to place all of the responsibility and expectations of winning gold on one team member? Every single one of these women is a powerhouse in her own right; this has got to be arguably one of the strongest Olympic women’s gymnastics teams I’ve seen since 1996. Put some respect on their names. Oh, and when one member decides she needs to tap out for her own safety AND to ensure she doesn’t cost the team a medal, don’t treat her like all of her accomplishments are now null and void because of that one decision.
Now, enough about Simone! Stop pointing the camera to her on the stand, and keep the attention on Suni Lee! Lee has become the first Asian-American to win the all around gold.
I pray that the ones who are selfishly criticizing her never experience a moment of mental health in their lives that they fail to recognize for being just that…a mental illness.
What ever. Why did she go all this way to withdraw with a mental illness. This not her first rodeo. All the other girls have just as much pressure. Everyone sets goals and wants to accomplish them. When your on the team what do you expect of course your representating America so of course your going to have tons of pressure that’s just how it is
Did you ever compete in gymnastics? Did you ever have to face mental health issues? Just curious.
Please focus on the ones who represented and delivered. Go Suni! 🏅 and the USA girls congrats on getting the silver! 🇺🇸
Wishing you well Simone Biles. Congratulations to the USA Team female Gymnast, winning silver is awesome.
Our gymnasts are the best and we should be proud of them. As a matter of fact, we should feel proud of all of our Olympians.
Honestly can't wait for the 2024 or 2025 olympic. Redemption for gold is more exciting.
A lot of people disagree with Simone but some of y’all forget that you need to have a good mental state in order to succeed . And if it’s getting worse your body will take long to recover when you injured yourself . Not having a good mental health can put u at risk for injury and recovery time
Suni is the real hero!
Stars come and go, each has their point of no return, that day when they quit. Just because she was young and small doesn't mean she would do it forever. Cut her some slack, the number of years in competition or number of competitions are not a real measure. The mind and body can only take so much, and when a person at the peak of physical ability competes it would seem that the candle burns at both ends. When they say they are done, it not only is an important day for that person, but an important day for all the rest of the competition, one person quits another stands up for the challenge. Cut her some slack and let her bathe in her successes, that's what we enjoyed about her time in the limelight.