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IDK a lot about gymnastics. But could the story here be that Simone knew the best the US could do was silver and removed herself from the team because they had a better chance of topping out at silver without her than with her? Like she knew if she kept competing and risking deductions, she’d tank them and pull them even further away from receiving any medal?
One of her comments was that she knew if she kept competing while “second guessing herself on the rest of the events” was that she felt like they could lose all medal prospects. (Super paraphrase but that was the bulk of it).