Yeah I agree. If things are really bad then back out all together and go home.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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No big deal, I wasn't watching anyway. But I hope the young lady is ok. Going halfway around the world to be cooped up in a crappy quarantine just to perform in front of empty seats has to be a strain. Not to mention the goat burden she carries.

But somehow I think MANY who proudly screaming how much you can't stand and don't watch will take their bitching to new heights should the women's basketball team should stumble.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

She’s obviously as great as she always been. Unfortunately she will end now with a blemish because it’s what society does. I agree she should also not play in individual events.

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Elections have consequences.

She's pretty clearly not OK to drop out of what is likely her final Olympics. Sounds like you agree with Rick in that she should return home ASAP to get the help she needs.

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If that's what a 24 year old at the end of her competitive career needs, fine.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

the "lost in the air" discussion about this is real.

so, whenever any of you want to try a yurchenko double pike off the vault, i'll happily rent the gym space...

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@audioidkid

so she is amy weinhouse. unbelievable god given talent, and she hates it. fine by me, whatever... just dont call her the greatest ever. she is bo jackson without the will power.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

shes 24 and has millions of dollars. she doesnt need anything but a good fat dickin on the daily.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Yeah, I didn't really get that, either.

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I'll chip in for this.

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Certified Dirty Old Man

Count me in this.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

The dialogue is always more important that doing things.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

ill bet her teammates would have liked to get the gold first then have that dialog.

Darren Rovell is an incredible pansy.

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If Kerri Strug can do it on one leg while needing a great score to win a gold, all with a mustachioed drunken Balkan screaming in her face in a jam packed arena just yards from where a bomb went off, Simone Biles could have done what she has trained to do for years.

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Quitting on your team during their biggest event because you had a bad day now Actually Good .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Iirc the U.S. team already had the gold wrapped up and her vault was strictly for endorsement deals.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

For anybody who is seriously threatened by these mopes understand that when they make weakness and victimhood their central virtues they are basically dooming themselves. I just wish it would fucking end already. Get us to whatever is next, lingering around with these people playing out the string on their obsolescent worldview is absolutely brutal. Especially with the virus giving them even more reason to freak the fuck out.

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"Yes, I would just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back."

https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/07/24/u ... erri-strug

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I’m not sure what you’re getting at here. I hope the women’s basketball team wins gold.

The women’s soccer team, however, can go home without a medal and F themselves. I think NBC made huge mistake by making Ripone (sp?) the face of the olympics.

biles has already proven she can achieve greatness. this reminds me a little of 2012 when michael phelps came back and completely blew it for us when he didn't need to show up at all after what he did in 2008. he redeemed himself in 2016. maybe biles can still do that, but it's the same kind of feeling for me.

I doubt Biles can compete at the age of 27. Those hips are eventually gonna blow up.

My memory must be failing me, what did Phelps do in 2012 that blew it? Didn't he win like 6 medals at those Olympics?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Everything about that post is incorrect.

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The most experienced coach and an entire team didn't know? Once the cheerleading and jingoism stopped most commentators openly talked about it.

Marketing, pure marketing. Almost as bad as with FloJo eight years earlier.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Funny how you address everything except what you originally posted. Strug needed a score to win. Maybe she didn't need a "great" score, but she needed a good score to secure gold. She did this basically on one leg. I'm sure in that moment, Strug "felt the weight of the world" on her shoulders as well.

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I have a bridge to sell you.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

he still won 4 gold but he was not the same dominant guy he was in 2008. i'm not saying this is exactly the same thing, i'm just disappointed in her like i was with phelps in 2012. there were other guys that could've done even better. you can medal in your sleep in swimming.

We can't just defend Simone Biles for quitting, no. We have to go drag a white girl who didn't quit twenty-five years ago because...honestly I don't even know. Don't even fucking care. Black girl = good, white girl = fraud. And That's A Good Thing.

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"Yes, I would just like to say I'm sailing with the rock, and I'll be back, like Independence Day, with Jesus. June 6, like the movie. Big mother ship and all, I'll be back, I'll be back."

They didn’t know because Russia still had a chance to beat them. Russia had another event after Strug’s 2nd vault and mathematically could have edged the US (if they did well and the US was stuck with Strug’s first vault). I don’t know that the pedo running US gymnastics at the time could predict the future.

Strug’s 2nd vault locked it up mathematically; then the communist shat the bed, making the points from the 2nd vault retroactively unnecessary.

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