@Motor: I had a kid train in gymnastics for several years and can tell you that she absolutely did the right thing.
A gymnast is completely reliant upon precision timing and muscle memory to execute those aerial maneuvers, especially in the more advanced routines since they can't see where they're going before they make contact with the beam or floor. Its not like most sports, where you can try to gut it out until you find your groove again. One wrong move in some complex aerial routine may leave you seriously injured, paralyzed or even dead.
After her botched vault routine she realized that her head wasn't connecting with her muscle memory. It happens and when it does, all they can do is to protect themselves until they can get back into the practice gym and sync back up. It sucks that it happened during the Olympics, but it was the right thing nonetheless.
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SJG
Yet she's doubtless a bigger human than you, pipsqueak!
A gymnast is completely reliant upon precision timing and muscle memory to execute those aerial maneuvers, especially in the more advanced routines since they can't see where they're going before they make contact with the beam or floor. Its not like most sports, where you can try to gut it out until you find your groove again. One wrong move in some complex aerial routine may leave you seriously injured, paralyzed or even dead.
After her botched vault routine she realized that her head wasn't connecting with her muscle memory. It happens and when it does, all they can do is to protect themselves until they can get back into the practice gym and sync back up. It sucks that it happened during the Olympics, but it was the right thing nonetheless.
Also, Simone is like 4'8".