YAS! I love her grabbing Gold and taking pics with all these hotties living her best life!

Simone Biles seems (and I hope this is true) different from a lot of elite gymnasts in the sense that she seems to be fulfilling rather than fighting her genetic destiny. There’s a difference between a kid who has an amazing ability to flip around in the air, and a kid who has the need to flip around in the air. Biles…

It’s not that different from the early training of a lot of young kids who will grow up to be musicians.

She should have picked him up too.

EVERYTHING IS RUINED!

He was suspended from the team last year for making racist comments about his teammate Angelo Assumpcao. So yeah, no.

I’ve actually really loved how muscular the U.S. Woman’s gymanstics team is this year. I have a very similar body type to theirs having done 20 years of dance. I’m also under 5ft tall just like Simone Biles, something I’ve been telling basically anyone who will listen. It's really nice to see athletes who in many ways…

I. Love. Her.

Lookit, do you wanna be a happy, healthy, well-adjusted person, or do you wanna win?

There have literally only been 6 black women on the U.S. Olympics gymnastics team since the games began (and 1 more if you count the team that would have competed in 1980 had the U.S. not boycotted). God, how on earth is anyone else supposed to cope with such a overwhelming onslaught?

Torture is usually pretty effective.

Completely plausible... :)

YOU COULD NOT TEACH ME HOW TO DO A CARTWHEEL ON THE BEAM OMG THAT WOULD BE AMAZING THO

It’s not clear whether that was Ferrari or Carlotta Ferlito who actually said that, though they were both “joking” about it. Either way, rancid racist bullshit spurned by pure jealousy of the success of black gymnasts.

Not true. I can see why you might get that impression, but speaking as a former gymnast, coach and judge, I can assure you, Wevers’ difficulty score is well justified.

Usually not sticking the landing only costs 0.1. It’s a significant deduction but doesn’t count for as much as the average watcher thinks it does. Basically Simone would have had to really mess up for Aly to win because, even thought they’re both amazing, Simone goes in ahead on points because of her level of…

simone and gabby are totally different athletes with very different personal lives/coaching situations. gabby was a major underdog upset, won big and then had a ton of drama with moving and coaching. simone’s had the same coach since she was a little kid, is going to stay in texas and is a 3x world champ etc etc

Maybe he decided to leave the country after having a gun held to his head.

If she retires, it’ll be private sector vaulting and balancing’s gain for one of America’s greatest Olympians.

Yea I mean...I thought she was just trying to be funny? I know we’re all oh so enlightened here, but most of the women I’m around tend to refer to themselves as “crazy women” in the joking sense and don’t really think anything sexist of it. I feel like she’s allowed to joke about herself if she wants.