How much the weight of the whole world can support a marvelous creature of just 142 cm tall by 47 kg in this one Olympic paradoxes, postponed and conditioned in their meanings, by the apparent fragility of athletes who then express nothing but their own human, inevitable conditions. Simone Biles, A 24-year-old Texan with a history full of that American dream so expendable and then unrepeatable, gave in when the truth seemed already tangible: she too, a gymnast of absolute talent so incredible that she could not be compared to any and unjustifiable as for the New York Times he knew how to make mistakes.
Simone Biles’ injury: mystery
She had to stop after a fall that jeopardized her ankle that the doctor secured, but which did not allow her to continue in theAll Around and, perhaps, to give up a scepter and dominion so absolute that it almost seemed obvious, obvious. Instead, also for the exceptionality that Simone Biles interprets and pursues with his inimitable experience, the United States has lost his capitana, his leadership and the United States have lost a gold it had grabbed by Russia without a flag, which rejoices.
“After the performance I did in the vault, I didn’t want to go on,” he said. Injuries? No. “Just a little damage to my pride. We have to protect our mind and body and not do what the world asks us to do ”. And if the reasons that led to it Simone to withdraw were not tied to that ankle that made her so vulnerable, so human? The speculations on the psychological motivations began even before this decision, due to the uncertainty shown by Biles which was also defended by a part of the press and critics.
Simone Biles’ past, the symbol of redemption
Yet those statements by the coach according to which Simone is not “mentally calm”, opens up a universe of paths and hypotheses that do not go well with this delicate phase Biles he is preparing to face: now his physical condition will have to be assessed. And this seems to happen day by day for her, who embodies redemption and emancipation more than any other as well as overcoming prejudices. And of the abuses he had the courage to denounce.
The fears about the tranquility of the champion Simone Biles
That mysterious injury that hit her prevented her from continuing theAll Around and therefore to fulfill the dream of winning 5 gold in the same Olympic competition. She had qualified for all six of the finals at her disposal, but there is no light on the actual conditions of the Biles. Not on this night which has now fallen and raises a single, possible but legitimate question about the near future of the champion of Rio 2016: Simone Biles there will still be, in these Games? “It wasn’t an easy day or my best, but I got through it. Sometimes I really feel like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders, ”reads her Instagram account. A prophetic statement. Or just the exact state of affairs.
VIRGILIO SPORT | 27-07-2021 15:40
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