I have now watched all the coverage and read many of the articles and I apologize to Biles for my earlier posts. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to have to withdraw from a competition when so much attention is on you. I jumped to the conclusion that she was sacrificing the team for her own individual medals and I was wrong. I said that if she withdrew from the all around I would reassess and I have.
I do think that there is a little too much emphasis on finding a physical cause for her withdrawal, ie the “twisties”. She should be able to withdraw purely for her own mental health. I am still upset that it came at the worst possible time for her team, right in the middle of the team competition, but she may be feeling the same way. I don’t pretend to know how she feels.
I do hope that this is not a permanent problem and that she can recover although TBH, she has every right to retire right now. She has been in gymnastics long enough.
I am still looking forward to the rest of the gymnastics competition. I do think that some of the other athletes have been overshadowed and hopefully will get a little time in the spotlight.
As far as the other coverage goes, I did enjoy watching the kayaking and not an American in sight.
Finally, P!nk is still awesome. That is all.