Olympics

I agree,  and my nurse had the same comment today.   I think part of it is NBC's coverage is so "woke" it just makes me cringe.  

What's going on with Biles is odd and, frankly, I don't know what to make of it.  I think the onset of mental illness is not unusual around that age...but who knows?

I will say, though, that she should avoid competing in the individual rounds now.   That would be a disaster for her brand if she suddenly "recovered" from whatever it is.  She can't really improve the perception of her quality as a gymnast with additional medals....she's already pretty much maxed that out.  Some people are going to fawn over her no matter what she does, but others, who are relatively favorably disposed towards her but not completely incapable of critical thinking, would look suspiciously on a sudden recovery.

I myself am relatively favorably disposed toward her:

Swimming and gymnastics dominates Week 1 coverage of the Summer Games. The fact that results in those two sports have been below what we've been used to has made it hard to get excited maybe. Also the gold medal favorite women's soccer team loses, as does the men's basketball team ...

A recovery by the women's soccer team and the men's basketball team, a good week on the track, and the US could redeem itself during Week 2 of the games.

I'd agree with the general that Biles should just walk away now. Competing in the individual events would be a bad look.

Anxiety? Some outside issue we're unaware of?

I don't agree she looks bad by competing. She is no longer an invincible super hero.

If she literally is in danger by competing she should not.

Losing it like this means it's unlikely she could be close to peak concentration and form. If really sub par, other girls clearly better, yeah, don't compete. Coach's call on that.

If merely good, still better than her mates, she actually could look good without winning... Brave noble attempt while clearly stressed.

If she somehow overcomes her anxiety to medal, possible even if not at her spectacular peak, it's like Tiger Woods winning on a broken leg. A new twist to the story, but a good one.

I don't understand it, but you have to admit the pressure is enormous and clearly hurt her performance. She starts out stressed, then fails in qualifying, by her standard. Still amazingly good, but failure for her.

That might eat at anybody. Look how many athletes get in a slump, she never has. Feared she would cost team a medal, freaked out, that seems possible..

Could recover, I guess we'll see.

I don't see how the two situations are anything alike.     This is far more akin to the Andrew Luck fiasco, not a Tiger Wood's leg injury.