Simone, you don’t have to be superhuman for us to support you. You don’t have to be perfect. We support YOU, Simone, the person. Full stop.
Standing ovation for doing what is healthiest for you.
“I think we have a phenomenally strong team.”
We couldn’t agree more!
@ShawnJohnson
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#USAGTrials24
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@YahooSports
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@ everyone that thinks these are two different medals: this is the back and front of the Paralympic medal. The Olympic medal has a different back and a blue ribbon.
@jaikpuppyteeth
Someone in high school told me people’s eyebrows and pubes are the same color and that’s just been rollin around in the back of my mind for the last decade or so
I’m all seriousness I hope Simone is okay. The amount of pressure she’s under is enormous. I hope she’s getting the support she needs. It’s okay to be human!
I will absolutely die on this hill:
Don’t force your kids to show affection, even to their relatives! Teach them they have bodily autonomy. Let them choose how to greet others. Idc if Grandpa wants a kiss. Consent always matters.
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@Simone_Biles
blessing us with a lot of fun from training on her IG today. Amanar! Full-twisting double Yurchenko! Maloney to piked Hindorf! Triple-double!
Gymnastics skills that have been straight up banned:
-handspring triple front vt
-Korbut flip
-roll outs
-single armed giants
-sideways entry vts
-sideways landing vts
-over the bar dismounts
Skills that have not been banned from competition:
-Yurchenko double pike
Methinks UCLA will keep all the coaching staff and consider the problem over and done with once Marz graduates which is so horribly incorrect and unhelpful
It’s a fucking TRAGEDY she was treated with such disrespect because she is so incredibly talented and, honestly, probably could have kept going. Not to mention she was never given choreo that matched her talent and musicality. She very nearly made the AA final again!
I hate to pump up a dude who relies on his children for income but I will say at least Mr. Shawn Johnson is completely in awe of his wife’s sports accomplishments and knows she’s the more successful athlete
“Mykayla has ulterior motives and just wants people to believe she’s only saying this to put and end to it!” No I guarantee Mykayla genuinely thought this was somehow the best way to get the hate to stop and hasn’t thought any deeper about it; she is unfortunately that ignorant
Re: Myk and Jonas
I’m a triplet. My dad worked. He still got up in the middle of the night, changed diapers, fed bottles, literally everything he could do up until the moment he had to leave for work (and picked it back up immediately after returning home).
Good parents PARENT
OU Fan: why don’t you like OU?
Most people: I don’t want to root for a team with members/a fanbase that thinks I’m an abomination and don’t deserve rights
OU Fan: ugh so political stuff again…
Konnor McClain’s current gym, Gymcats, sent her off to LSU with a long post that also accused two unnamed USAG staffers of calling Simone Biles, “One of the laziest gymnasts they’ve ever coached.”
In Biles’ post-meet presser last weekend, she said someone on their inside team
Seeing gymnasts slowly come out is so heartwarming. I’m not too much older than they are and yet the world was far less accepting when I was their age.
Hi. I’m someone who:
-has been abused
-has been diagnosed with CFS/ME
-has left an oppressive religion that many consider to be a cult
Please, please be careful about what you say about McKayla right now. You will likely push her deeper into her beliefs.
Just wanna say I don’t think he said any of this out of malice, just ignorance! I’m not sure how much media training he’s had. He and Simone are clearly happy together and this is the first time I’ve seen him say anything that could be disrespectful.
Gymnastics skills that have been straight up banned:
-handspring triple front vt
-Korbut flip
-roll outs
-single armed bar releases
-sideways entry vts
-sideways landing vts
-over the bar dismounts
Skills that have not been banned from competition:
-Yurchenko double pike
@chordan_jiles
@catalinafever
I personally wasn’t a fan of him framing things like she was down bad and desperate for him, even though he was egged on by the hosts. This is why media training is so important; he would’ve known not to play into it.
@glamourmag
@LaurieHernandez
How do you write an article about mental health and how success isn’t defined by making the Olympic and then say she’s a failure in the title?? Delete this, apologize, and edit the title.
To those saying Gabby’s comeback is a grift, what exactly is she getting out of it? She’s not doing commercials, not promoting a book/tv show, not doing any paid partnerships or ads on social media (her last appears to be back in 2022 on tiktok).
Honestly I hope Morgan and Chellsie are both taking the night off to drink champagne and vent to each other about USAG bc if anyone understands Morgan’s situation perfectly it’s Chellsie
If my partner framed the way we met this way I’d be upset and sad that they painted me as desperate/thirsty. The fact that he leaned into the narrative the hosts were setting up was disappointing; that’s not a “joke” to me. 🤷♀️
Do you ever think about the fact that Aly Raisman would’ve won Olympic AA Gold in a non-Simone year? Her AA redemption was so emotional for me. Seeing her and Simone together up there as 1-2 was really incredible
Tbh if Waller gets fired it’ll be for underperformance, unfortunately. Most likely they just won’t renew his contract when it’s up. He’s clearly created an atmosphere that’s downright dangerous for his athletes but Jarmond doesn’t give a shit
She shouldn’t have to do this. Why is the burden of protecting the team (and educating Jeffrey) been placed on the athletes who were victims of her racism?
Someone on gym Reddit had a good point re: Jeffrey —
This is being construed like she wasn’t given any grave at UCLA or a chance to learn and grow and that LSU is the only place providing that. Waller catered to her but she chose not to apologize and transferred instead