Simone Biles

[HelenaRavenclaw]

She has now withdrawn from 2 of the 4 individual gymnastics finals . I'm sad to think she will probably not participate in the remaining 2 either, given how she has been feeling.
www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58037479

Wishing you all the best, Simone! You will remain the greatest gymnast of all time. Will never forget your spectacular performance in Rio 2016.

@PinniGig

I can see why Simone had so much grief and aggro at least initially because it could / did look to the untrained eye as though she bailed directly because she didn't manage to pull off the vault but to me, the ideal would have been if she'd used that specifically to say to every other athlete at the games, others working their arses off and aspiring to be there and be as great as her “You can't be perfect and put yourself under pressure to pull off perfection all the time. Everyone – even the greatest of all time will at some point screw up, get an inexplicable wobble on and do something arse up and out of place but it happens and when it does, you deal with it as it comes and don't let it weight you down or make you think less of yourself and knock your confidence”

The twisties and other issues she's had to contend with are no joke and absolutely did have a huge bearing and whilst I'm not suggesting she should have played that down any, I think she did miss a perfect opportunity to be even more inspirational by going “See? We all make mistakes and even those of us considered the greatest in the world have moments when things don't go right. Doesn't make you any less of an athlete or a person it just makes you a human being. I'm not up to remaining in the competition unfortunately but that's not to say I'm skipping out on the team or giving up – I'm just smart enough to know the difference and know my own limits. I'm staying to support the team I have every confidence will do us proud and I'll be back”

When she rocked up to do the beam my heart went out to her because of the weight she must have carried on her shoulders and the pressure I can't even imagine.

She performed brilliantly and was humble, decent and showed true sportsmanship to the 16yr old that took the gold. That's how it's done

"I think she did miss a perfect opportunity to be even more inspirational by going “See? We all make mistakes and even those of us considered the greatest in the world have moments when things don't go right. Doesn't make you any less of an athlete or a person it just makes you a human being. I'm not up to remaining in the competition unfortunately but that's not to say I'm skipping out on the team or giving up – I'm just smart enough to know the difference and know my own limits. I'm staying to support the team I have every confidence will do us proud and I'll be back”

Isn't that what she did?