Back On The Record With Bob Costas: Aly Raisman on Simone Biles (Clip) | HBO

[@lindabound1701]

I just adore Aly, she is such a class act. Everyone needs a friend like her.

[@baby-xp9dn]

So true!!❤️ I would love to have a best friend like her

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

Indeed. I would like to have her as a supporting friend.

[@chloer8693]

Aly Raisman is an amazing person! I am so grateful for all she has done for the sport and to make sport safer for children. I really hope she and the other survivors get the justice they deserve.

[@dianemurray6550]

May I 2nd ALL of this?

[@mustasahalimuyak5744]

Aly should be the head of USAG in few years.

[@rsb512]

How about now? But she's a celebrity and probably enjoys that life too as a sports hero in America in America and the pressure on her as the head of USA gymnastics would be massive for somebody only 27.

[@HB-ey2dk]

Absolutely!! She definitely needs a high up spot, along with Simone and probably a handful of elites from the last decade. They truly can be the change USAG needs given that they went through the failure of the organization and the attempts at rebuilding.

[@franss7554]

Love how she, as a gymnast herself, speaks up and tries to help people outside of gymnastics understand what the twisties are and how it can be very dangerous for gymnasts

[@chancock4222]

Biles herself explained it. Somehow people didn't take her seriously. Why did it take Raisman for people to accept it? 100% good for Aly for doing so and she deserves praise but she shouldn't have to. Biles' explanation should have been enough.

[@MeBeSabi]

I love listening to Aly Raisman speak

[@Wil.Brillo]

Aly is a class act. It's an absolute pleasure listening to her. ❤

[@jojox9791]

*A gymnast from So. Connecticut University (Melanie Cole) in 2019, in training, not competition, performing a simple double back dismount off Uneven bars landed wrong, broke her neck, and died (may she RIP) This sport is dangerous at all levels, and Simone is her own level! So those calling her a quitter and other nasty comments need to sit back down on the couch, pull out the Xbox and carry on...keeping comments regarding gymnastics out of their mouths*

[@delrey874]

Aly is an amazing human being 💪

[@franss7554]

Sad how people called Simone Biles a quitter when she pulled out of Tokyo. Gymnastics is very dangerous. In other sports, you can swim slower, run slower, exert less effort to catch the ball, etc, but gymnasts could literally fall on their neck or head and be paralyzed or literally die from their injuries if they slipped a couple of inches when the mind isn’t right. It’s so beautiful to see Aly Raisman speak to the world trying to explain what’s happening to the general public who may not know what’s going on..

[@millers3888]

Aly is one articulate young woman. Definitely should become a commentator one day. She knows the sport but she also understands the pressure that few athletes really understands.

[@Tiger-cm1qc]

Great prediction on her becoming a commentator :)

[@toolrammsteindeftones]

Aly is stunning. Very simple beauty. Not even trying

[@colton4261]

I know I wish more girls adopted that attitude instead of all the clown makeup these days

[@kevinhuynh8409]

Now I finally understand. At first, I thought Simone just wanted to quit. I was like, but you are the team CAPTAIN! I didn't want Simone to be another LeBron James who quit on his team during the finals because things weren't going his way. Aly's explanation definitely opened my mind about the stress Simone was experiencing.

[@chancock4222]

If you think LeBron James quit on his team you should stop watching any and all sports. Notice how you automatically jump to the conclusion that it's black athletes who quit on their teams but don't use any examples of white athletes who quit. (Kirk Cousins, Brett Favre, Ryne Sandberg...) And it wasn't until it was explained to you by a white athlete that you suddenly "understand' but when Biles herself explained it that wasn't good enough for you.

[@chancock4222]

I guess Biles' word on this wasn't good enough for you?

[@richardlug6139]

@@chancock4222 Where did Kevin say anything about quitting had something to do with the race of either athlete? Not every critique someone might give has to do with race.

[@chancock4222]

@@richardlug6139 Christ almighty are you that thick? He mentioned two athletes, both of whom were black and automatically jumped to the conclusion that they quit on their teams. Yet when it comes to white athletes who have quit on theirs? Zero, none, nada, crickets. And Kevin here didn't believe Biles when she explained it evidently but a white athlete explains it and your boy gets an epiphany? Think child...think.

[@chancock4222]

@@healingandrestoration2807 No kid, you're just too blind to see how dripping with racism it was. They mentioned only black athletes as examples of people who quit on their teams. Nothing about Cousins, Sandberg, Favre, Cutler...the list goes on and on of white athletes who actually HAVE quit on their teams. Yet this person immediately jumped to two black athletes they thought quit when neither of them did. That, little one, is racism.

[@steveakin1103]

It’s be interesting to hear from pilots (especially fighter pilots) on this issue. To fly in midair and track where you are is an interesting commonality between gymnasts and pilot. Do pilots fight “the twisters” too? How do they overcome, or do they seek out their commanding officer and say, “Hey, before I take out a multimillion dollar aircraft and put my team, myself, and that plane in jeopardy, you need to know that I’m not feeling right.” Wouldn’t we have understanding and compassion for the pilot? Wouldn’t there be resources there for the pilot to get well? It should be no different for the gymnast. Well done Aly; you’ve done us all a service through your professional, articulate, and heart-felt response to the issue.

[@dawg9]

You're right. Fighter pilots get grounded for even simple head colds. It's that serious

[@ramonagaerin258]

Thats why its important they are instrument trained. So if they are in trouble and cannot tell up from down they can rely on reading the instruments. Thats what happened to JFK Jr.

[@jacobbaker4545]

Can her, chellsie and shannon be the ones to interview regarding this situation. Ive seen other athletes being interviewed that say they know the pressure simone was under. Not really they went to the olympics but were not the star of the olympics and told they needed to win 6 golds. They also have never lost a competitoon.aly is such a good support system

[@rilenixx]

She could have and should have said no to the millions of dollars in endorsements to be the face of the Olympics. She could have and should have left the GOAT off off her leotards. Those decisions are what added this immense pressure she was under. A certain responsibility comes along with that territory. She needs to be accountable for the choices she made. SB wanted her cake and to eat it to. I read the interviews she did long before she left for Tokyo. She was having issues before Tokyo. She was struggling in more ways than one. SB should have given her spot to another gymnast. One who trained their entire lives for that one opportunity to represent their country, compete in the Olympics and possibly win a medal. SB had already lived out her dreams of competing in the Olympics and had already won tons of medals. It was time to let somebody else live out their dreams. I feel bad for the gymnasts who could have had their opportunity to compete this year that will never have that opportunity ever again because SB selfishly took that spot. SB had no business going to Tokyo this year. SB was the first and only gymnast since the Olympics started in 1896 to do what she did. Out of the thousands of gymnasts to compete in the Olympic games for over 120 years and SB was the first to just quit like she did. If this condition happens to so many gymnasts, "the twisties" as SB coined the phrase, then how is it no other gymnast ever did what she did in the Olympics before? Thousands of gymnasts to reference and SB is the first?

[@TwelveToneRow]

@@rilenixx You must not have watched this video. And if you knew anything about gymnastics and actually followed along, you would have noticed that Simone scored over 60.0 on day 1 of Olympic trials- a feat not reached by even the current Olympic champion. Simone also qualified to the All Around competition in Tokyo in 1st place. If she had repeated that same score she would have won the final. So do some research before you spew your nonsense and say that she was not ready.

[@rilenixx]

@@TwelveToneRow That score is from the Olympic trials. Listen to yourself. You are saying she would have beat the current Olympic champion "if only" she repeated the score from the trials. But she didn't, now did she? She quit. That is my whole point. SB put the lowest score she has ever put up in the Olympic games in the first event and so she quit. She became the first gymnast in over 120 years of Olympic games to do what she did. You can go back and reference the thousands and thousands of gymnasts to compete in the Olympic games, who all faced the same adversity and danger, and will not find one other gymnast who quit. So SB blames it on "the twisties" but as soon as Suni wins Gold, SB suddenly wants to compete again. Because Suni was getting the attention and spotlight. The fact of the matter is she folded under the pressure. Extra pressure that she is responsible for putting on herself. She said yes to becoming the face of the Olympics and yes to all of the millions of dollars from almost a dozen different endorsements. She also put the GOAT on her leotards declaring herself to be the greatest of all time. After she choked in the first event, her massive ego took a serious hit. She was so embarrassed that she decided to become the first Olympic athlete, first Olympic gymnast since the beginning of the Olympic games in 1896 to do what she did. You can't refute the truth. She is not brave and she is not a hero or a role model. Not anymore anyways. The Olympic games is the absolute highest level of competition there is and on the worlds biggest stage. This isn't a high school competition.

[@TwelveToneRow]

@@rilenixx No, read my response more closely next time- I said if she repeated her lackluster day 1 from qualifications at the Tokyo Olympics she would have still won. The comment about her Day 1 trials score is a rebuttal to your she-wasn't-ready-for-the-Olympics commentary. Biles was in great shape, there's no denying that; she however was only able to compete beam because there was no twisting involved. She spent a few days re-learning the double pike dismount, which she hadn't done since she was a junior. If you have never done gymnastics at a high level, your opinion on the fact that she pulled out due to issues with her vestibular sensory system holds no weight, sorry. You have no idea how scary it is to try to do a back flip and accidentally twist (or in her case, the opposite). You're saying I can't refute the truth, but what you're saying is baseless, laughable, and hold no truth whatsoever. Your comments read like a typical keyboard warrior who took the time to read one or two articles written by people who have no experience in the sport.

[@rilenixx]

​@@lisadavis8909 Absolutely she should be held accountable for quitting on her team, country and sport after she took millions and millions of dollars this year, from almost a dozen different endorsements, to knowingly be the face of the Olympics. Only to quit after the first event because she got the the fourth lowest score of all 24 gymnasts competing and her massive ego was bruised. She is the one who put the GOAT on her leotards and said she was the greatest of all time. She wants her cake and to eat it too. Unfortunately the youth in this country like to quit and complain. So they find no problem with it. That is a testament of where we are as a country and worse, where we are heading in the near future. SB is the first gymnast since the Olympic games started in 1896, out of thousands of gymnasts to compete in the Olympic games, to do what she just did. As an American who takes competing extremely serious and has extreme respect for the Olympic games and the athletes who compete, I find her an utter disgrace. She should have said no to accepting all that money this year from all of those endorsements. Only she knew deep down inside herself that she shouldn't have competed this year. But she said yes to being the face of the Olympics anyways. She should have given her spot to someone else. Let another girl have their chance to compete in the Olympics and live out their dreams. SB has already lived out hers and won tons of medals. It was extremely selfish of her because look what she did. She made history by becoming the first athlete in the Olympics to quit. Of course as soon as Suni won Gold, SB wanted to compete again. Suni cured SB case of "the twisties" by winning Gold. No other country in the world has ever had any of their athletes quit in the Olympic games. Nope, just us, the United States of America. We have the only quitter in the history of the Olympics. It is embarrassing. People in this country should be calling the other gymnasts on the U.S. female gymnastics team the brave and heroic competitors instead of calling a quitter the brave and heroic one. Only in this new type of America would people find what she did acceptable. No other country in the world would praise a quitter in the Olympics and call them brave and heroic. If an athlete quit the Olympic games in any other country in the world, their career would be finished. That country would not praise them. It is the highest level of competition there is and its on the worlds biggest stage. All of those athletes face serious adversity, all overcome the most difficult obstacles and choose to push through and persevere to the end. Why is SB so special? What makes her journey more difficult than any of the tens of thousands of Olympic athletes who have competed in the games before her? SB is the one who put all of the added pressure on herself. the GOAT on her leotards! Telling everyone she is the greatest of all time! Saying yes to being the face of the Olympics is just another example of the narcissistic self centered nature of SB. You reap what you sow in life. SB and all of you are teaching our youth that you will be a hero and will be called brave if you quit. Unbelievable. Why we are becoming a weaker nation by the week. You all have inverted absolutely everything.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Aly Raisman is an American hero. ❤️ 🇺🇸

[@tfittread8907]

Her skin is absolutely gorgeous.

[@xana5649]

??????

[@tfittread8907]

@@xana5649 Her. Skin. Is. Absolutely. Gorgeous.

[@xana5649]

@@tfittread8907 ???????

[@937hxkk]

I pretty sure Bob knows how gravity works, he covered CTE and was outspoken about head injuries in football does he really think gymnyst don't hit their heads. It is one of the most dangerous sports for kids and alot of Gymnast have TBI. The obvious question is Does Simon have CTE? Their brain is getting concussed on clean moves. Why is no one speaking up for these little girls again.

[@youtubecommenter37]

Journalists also have to ask questions, or frame questions in such a way, on behalf of the viewer who may not have his personal knowledge. They also explain this to the interviewer before the interview so they’re aware that they need to explain things clearly

[@zjmzjh]

Love love love Aly

[@JohnnyForgotten311]

Wow. That broke my heart. God bless Aly Raisman.

[@h28custom84]

and SB

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

Are the "twisties" the same as Vertigo ? I have Vertigo from time to time, and when I do, I cannot even turn my head without felling dizzy or like I'm going to fly out the window. If Simone has this or a form of it, no wonder she couldn't compete !

[@AltaMay11]

Simone doesn't explain it as dizziness it's like her brain knows what she's meant to be doing but when she starts the twists her body isn't listening

[@stefanomagaddino6868]

@@AltaMay11 Oh ! Thank you for the explanation.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Aly Raisman

[@NhuQuynh-nv7fp]

Miss bob doing the nbc olympics host

[@walterlongiii1633]

"THE CAPTAIN"

[@hellsbells5389]

True leader to the very true definition. I love Aly!!!

[@robertgarcia4117]

Steve. To Aly I hope to see you more often on tv or my cell phone. I hope to see you on your own talk show "THE ALY SHOW" awesome. 🦋💐🌹🦋💐🌹🦋💐🌹🦋😍🥰💕💞💓🥰😍

[@earlwatson4022]

Aly should have been a commentator

[@Historian212]

Love Aly.

[@lynnyager8900]

there are many athletes that have that pressure! Phelps, Dressel etc....... it is all how they channel that pressure! Simone is not the lone wolf on that! What happened was all wrong timing for the twisties to happen to her but she wasnt 100% at trials either and someone should have picked up on that! Aly gets is though! Aly herslef, when she was competing , said that the pressure is all in how it is channeled! Luv Aly!!

[@robertgarcia4117]

Steve. To Aly Raisman you are sooooo beautiful Never before have my eyes seen such beauty WOW wow wow. XOXO XOXO Aly, I hope to see you on my cell phone more often or on tv more often. To Aly Raisman 💕💞💓💗💖💕💞💓🌹💕🌹💞🌹💓🥰

[@yoyert6526]

She's not a hero, nor a villain. She made a personal safety choice. It should not be celebrated or demonized.

[@dianemurray6550]

In a discipline that has a long history of manipulating, intimidating, and abusing the mostly underage athletes, Simon suffered the slings and arrows in order to set an example for those coming up behind her that one day could spare them paralysis or death. She's using her standing to fight for the welfare of young athletes the world over.

[@LulaMae21]

I think it should be celebrated because it took guts to pull out with all the eyes of the world on her. Too many gymnasts have been badly injured by having to perform skills they weren't ready to do in that moment.

[@yoyert6526]

@@LulaMae21 What are you talking about? She left because her aunt died.

[@LulaMae21]

@@yoyert6526 She didn't pull out of the five events she pulled out of because of her aunt, she pulled out because of the twisties. What are YOU talking about?

[@SL-lz9jr]

It needs to be celebrated because it needs to be normalized. Considering how demonized she is over this, we need to celebrate it to the point of making it boring and normal and not worth talking about

[@letsdothis3332]

Very classy woman.

[@Belrivers]

Mind and body health.

[@prinpi]

"Naomi Osaki"??

[@GMAMEC]

Love Aly, but I believe Costas just wasn’t the best person for *this* interview.

[@robertgarcia4117]

Steve. To Aly Raisman I hope to see you on talk show more often. Never before have my eyes and heart seen such beauty WOW WOW WOW. XOXO, XOXO LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ALWAYS. WHEN I SEE YOU MY HEART GETS TWISTY AND SKIPS A BEAT BECAUSE YOU ARE SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED WOMAN. 🤩😍🥰💕💕💓💗💞💗💕

[@JohnDoe-qu7gm]

Smoke show

[@Ianimatestuff]

Aly has so much character. True champion. Couldn’t put up a better person to make excuses for someone.

[@jenrolaaluko8549]

Excuses you're funny you think someone who has trained for 5yrs for something suddenly goes I don't want to do it when she's had broken toes and other ailments the twisties is no joke n im sorry she doesn't owe anyone to become paralyzed to entertain ppl she's the GOAT and qualified 1st so the fake lies going around that she was scared of not doing well is hilarious she would have wiped the competition straight gold flush the pressure she had on her has never been on 1 athlete. Im so glad she took her health seriously cuz if not you wou l d say oh well clearly you are filled with hate. I guess threatened by another great black female you ppl always are

[@dianemurray6550]

Come back when you can do what Simone already has. Sorry you live such a miserable existence that coming online to take potshots at a true Great is the only means you have of silencing your self-disgust, even for a moment. Stop embarrassing yourself on KZbin and go find a reason to live.

[@breaks3085]

that was funny 😂😂

[@evelynhernandez763]

Everybody getting their 15 minutes of fame, at Simone expenses. Brilliant!!!! That's not a comment. So easy for people to talk,, when they've not been on any apparatus, probably couldn't Flip over backward in a chair.

[@orangewelliesinc2836]

@Ch Cand She is an Olympic champion and has her place in US sport history. She may not be relevant to you but she is relevant to many who admire her. She is also a friend of Simone Biles and has done the vault many times herself so knows what she's talking about. She has the right to publicly defend her friend who is still getting slammed by people who couldn't jump a puddle without tripping over themselves.

[@BeExtraWithDell]

YOU ARE AN ATHLETE FOR A REASON. If you are weak minded then that just means the other countries will win because they pushed through. Those other gymnasts goes through the same mental issues. It is not wrong to say that Simone QUIT in comparison to the other gymnasts from other countries. It does not make her a bad human being, it is not putting her down. She QUIT, you live in a country where QUITING is seen as a weak move. From now on SHE will never be taken serious if she talks about "never quit" topics because she displayed just that. And her arrogance of calling her self THE GOAT makes it worse!

[@sj4632]

Aly was showing off her body in that SI swimsuit issue. Their mental health's are just fine.

[@LulaMae21]

That was a way of reclaiming her sexuality after Larry Nassar stole something from her.

[@youtubecommenter37]

Wow bro 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@xana5649]

@@youtubecommenter37 wow bro😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@otherworld11]

Sorry, I like Simone, but this was not the time to bail or decide you were feeling down. We waited 5 years for these Games. Under no circumstance should Biles be allowed back on an Olympic roster.

[@nxtchanel4]

This is not about you, this is about the well being of a professional athlete. We all have freedom of choice, it is a human right.

[@maryfields877]

Jeff, you can't get off the couch. Just stop.

[@danceforeverkid]

Let me know when you complete the vault Simone and Ally do.

[@SOS-ct9mv]

@@maryfields877 lol

[@rilenixx]

First Olympic gymnast in over 120 years of Olympic games to do what she did just did. How come no other gymnast has ever done this? Thousands of Olympic gymnasts faced the same adversity and danger competing? She should have said no to the millions of dollars in endorsements to be the face of the Olympics. She should have left the GOAT off off her leotards. She should have given her spot to somebody else!

[@keng4847]

How the heck do you know that "thousands of gymnasts" competed when they were dealing with the same condition?? When just about every gymnast who has spoken out on this matter is supporting Simone Biles you should give them the respect of hearing what they are saying, and stop pretending you are the EXPERT and the tough one.

[@rilenixx]

​@@keng4847 Do you think out of the thousands of gymnasts to reference since 1896. who have competed in the Olympic games, that none of them faced the same danger and adversity when they were competing? Or do you honestly believe that this is just unique and isolated to SB only? The reason you have never heard of this before is simply because every gymnast that has competed in the Olympic games never quit because the pressure was to much for them. They are professional athletes who were/are competing at the highest level of competition on the worlds biggest stage. SB took the millions and millions of dollars to be the face of the Olympics and she should have said no. If you want to self proclaim yourself to be the greatest of all time and literally put a GOAT on your leotards, you had better be prepared to perform and compete. A certain responsibility comes with that territory. You can't have your cake and eat it to. Which gymnasts are you speaking of that came to SB defense? Aly Raisman and her current USA teammates? Of course Raisman and her current teammates are going to show support for SB. They would never be allowed to publicly criticize her. That would obviously never happen. As a citizen of the United States of America, I can voice my disgust in an Olympian from my country quitting on her team and her country if I want to. I have every right to say she disgraced our country and should have given her spot to someone who deserved it. SB is the first Olympian since the Olympic games started to do what she just did. To quit when the going gets tough is sending a negative message to our youth. I also compete in MMA. The most dangerous sport their is on the planet. So I do not relate nor do I agree with what she did. SB should give back all that money and should have never taken that spot on the team. She should have never put the GOAT on her leotards either. You reap what you sow. The age of the snowflakes is upon us. So you also like your own comments? C'mon now!

[@keng4847]

@@rilenixx Has any gymnast ever competed in the Olympics with this condition?? I don't know. NEITHER DO YOU!!!! Stop pretending that you do. What I do know is that her condition is very well known in gymnastics. And it's a condition that makes competing in her sport extra dangerous. Much more so than it' normally is. And it's NORMALLY more dangerous than most sports. I also know that she has gotten a lot of support from other gymnasts (you know those people who actually know what they're talking about). Including Her teammates this year and Ally Raisman/Lucy Hernandez/Shannon Miller. STOP PRETENDING THAT YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THEM. And stop pretending THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING INSINCERE. And btw, spare me that you compete in the MMA. I have no way of knowing if that's true. You'd hardly be the 1st one to lie about themselves on a message board. And frankly, I don't care if you do . We're not talking about the MMA. We're talking about Gymnastics. A sport that you obviously know nothing about. And we are talking about a condition that affects gymnasts. and a condition that is obviously beyond your capacity to understand But you want to pretend that you are the expert. Preen about your MACHO/TOUCH GUY athletic "accomplishments" to somebody else. You just want to hate on Simone Biles. Gee, I wonder why???? Is it because she's black? Or because she's female? Or because it's just more fun to hate? Or is it because she's accomplished far more than you ever have, and most probably ever will? Or is it all of the above?

[@rilenixx]

@@keng4847 For starters I am a black man. So you brought up the race card! Of course you did. Also the sexism card and the hater card. Of course the jealousy card as well. How boring and predictable. People who can't accept an objective point of view all do this. You just deflect facts but you are unwilling to accept them. It is so juvenile and petty. You are telling me this condition is so common in gymnastics, then why has no gymnast ever quit and pulled out of their respective events before because of this very common condition? SB is the first and only gymnast to ever do this in over 120 years of competition in the Olympic games. She just also happened to make choices such as putting the GOAT on her leotards. That also happened to be another first in the Olympic games. She made the choice to accept millions and millions of dollars from almost a dozen endorsements that made it clear to her she would be the face of the Olympics. She could have said no but she didn't. These choices that she made are what ultimately put all of this extra intense pressure on her "mind and body." People need to be accountable and responsible for the decisions they make in their life. The truth is SB was feeling all of that immense extra pressure way before the Olympic games began. I read numerous interviews of hers talking about all of it long before she went to Tokyo. SB was in no state of mind to compete at this years Olympics. Hence the reason she had no business taking another gymnasts spot. Whoever's spot she took trained their entire life for just one opportunity to represent their country in the Olympic games and live out their dreams. SB had already lived out hers and won tons of medals. It was so narcissistic and selfish of her to commit to the Olympic games knowing she was not even close to 100%. She competed in the first event and received the lowest score she had ever gotten. That inflated ego of hers was bruised. She quit. Of course her teammates and Aly are going to publicly say they support her. She disgraced her sport, her team, her country and the Olympic games. Do you really think that one of the gymnasts whose place she had taken is going to publicly criticize her? I could care less if you don't believe that I compete in MMA. Why on earth would I make that up. The fact you would question that is only telling me one thing. That you are self projecting. Because you're capable of fabricating stories about yourself on social media does not mean that everyone else does. I also used to compete in powerlifting. I am 6'3" and 280 lbs solid. That I benched 495 lbs, squatted 685 lbs and deadlifted 735 lbs in competition? Am I making that up too? Am I making up that I have trained in jiu-jitsu for 16 years. That I have trained in Taekwondo for 24 years and boxing for 12 years? That I have an 8-3 record in the cage? All true. Every word. I brought up MMA because it is much more dangerous than gymnastics. I can relate to competing in an extremely dangerous sport. I don't know anything about gymnastics you say? Well I know SB is the first and only gymnast since the Olympics games started in 1896 to do what she just did. You are telling me this is such a common condition gymnasts have but yet not one gymnast has ever done what SB did in over 120 years of competition. Now that speaks volumes and tells me everything there is to know. Surely if this is so common and so many gymnasts sympathize with this condition, then surely this would have happened to another gymnast during the last 120 years. We are talking about thousands of gymnasts competing over the last 120 years in the Olympic games and not even one has ever quit because of "the twisties" before during competition? Like I said, she wanted her cake and to eat it to. Putting the GOAT on her leotards and telling everyone she is the greatest of all time. Accepting millions and millions of dollars to be the face of the Olympics when she knew she was having issues before Tokyo. But hey, as soon as Suni won Gold and was getting the attention, SB did a 180 and was ready to compete again. What she did is the equivalent of one of the starting five USA basketball players deciding to only play the first few minutes and last few minutes of every game. Or one of the starting USA baseball players deciding to only play the first inning and the last inning of every game. I think objectively and deal in facts. While you live in la la land and come to a conclusion subjectively. This is the Olympic games we are discussing and not some high school competition. These are professional athletes who are competing at the absolute highest level there is on the worlds biggest stage. SB quit and had no business competing this year. All of you snowflakes making excuses for her are only regressing our society. The youth in this generation need to face adversity and overcome it at all costs. Not start to believe that everything will just be miraculously ok if you quit whatever it is you are chasing in life. That you will be looked at as brave and be regarded as a hero when you quit. That is the wrong message. That is a lie. You succeed in life when you push through no matter what. Not everyone is blessed to make their living competing in sports you know. There are people who face real adversity everyday of their lives. Where quitting is not an option. This spectacle that is SB being praised and being called a hero for quitting will have serious consequences down the line. People who are calling her brave and a hero, are playing a huge hand in what's to come. You are all redefining what a true hero and what brave means. Our youth are going to grow up with this nonsense. Our society will pay the ultimate price for this. You all should be ashamed with yourselves.

[@keng4847]

@@rilenixx Well, I have no way of knowing if you are black, any more than I have of knowing if you fight for the MMA. And it's really not hard to come up with a reason why someone might lie about fighting for the MMA. It would be to present yourself as the BIG TOUGH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE WHO KNOWS WHAT TOUGHNESS IS AND THUS HAS MORE CREDIBILITY THAN ANYONE ELSE HERE. But even if you are a MMA fighter, you still don't have any credibility. Because it's so obvious that you have no understanding of her sport. This brings me to why it's just kind of hard for me to believe you are a big-time MMA fighter. People who reach the top levels of a sport tend to have some understanding of what that takes. And have an understanding of the heart./and dedication/discipline and fortitude it takes to reach that level even when it comes to sports that aren't their own.. And they have an appreciation of the great accomplishments accomplished by any athlete in any sport. And they have an understanding and empathy that there are travails that any athlete in any sport can face. They're not apt to be ONES to say about an athlete who had already accomplished so much, and who proved herself time and time again in the past, (as Simone Biles has) SHE QUIT, SO SHE'S A FRAUD, AND HAS NO HEART, ETC. But you have none of that understanding or appreciation. What you do have is a great need to hate on Simone Biles. And pretend that you are the expert on things that you are not. And pretend that you are in Simone Biles head. And pretend that you are in the heads of the other world-class gymnasts who defend and support her. AND THAT IS WHAT IS BORING. So go away. But you probably won't. So I'll go away.

[@classicamericanoldman1091]

The "twisties" and the family "issue" all cleared up in a week.... huh?....... She was gonna lose..so she quit...

[@sarafernandez7785]

You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Go interview a gymnast for crying out loud before making such an ignorant comment

[@truthmane1018]

She is a quitter. Stop idolizing quitting and fear and failure. She should have told someone before the Olympics. This wasnt her school talent show.

[@ladyme85able]

Easy to say that from behind a keyboard. You dont know the exact story, so dont judge

[@catwhisperer1253]

It didn't happen until she got to Tokyo. But whatever...haters are going to hate.

[@jenrolaaluko8549]

Please tell me how she's a quitter I would love whst the person who has no accomplishments to their name has to say lol

[@rfbish3022]

So you would rather her take the chance and sufferer a catastrophic injury. Very selfish mindset.

[@truthmane1018]

@@ladyme85able You must be a loser as well. And. YES. She told her story. I have compassion. But she handled it wrong. If you cant see that. Then thats your problem.