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As a swimmer, I really appreciate Ledecky's perseverance and records -- phenomenal. However, it's just swimming 8 hours a day 6 days a week for years at the fastest rate their body can tolerate. What SB and some many other athletes do requires so much more as an athlete.
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I had a SUPER big crush on Miller in the 96 Olympics. I was 13 and ...yeah.
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I read through the first few pages on this thread…. So much praise!
She is great at what she does. She’s exceptional! She’s also got a diamond encrusted GOAT necklace. So she’s the best! And what a lovely story!!! Nobody will give a **** after the closing ceremonies… But maybe I’m too cynical. |
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Yesterday, 12:47 AM | #124 |
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Which honestly is a big reason I’m not a fan of how it’s judged. A lot of her events she has a much higher difficulty rating because of all the flies and twists she does in the air but then has HORRENDOUS landing which don’t matter because the difficulty is so high.
The gymnast should have to semi stick the landing or else that gymnast, Biles for example, needs to d O1 less flip in the air so they can actually come close to landing it. Landing should be way more points |
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I don’t care that she quit……I care that she quit after the cutoff to bring someone else in her place to help THE TEAM.
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Another example of superior athletic ability. Biles recieves accolades like GOAT because people have no real understanding of history. Give it a couple rounds of Olympics and she will be remembered more for her taking herself out than coming back in 2024 than anything else. |
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There is no doubt that right now Biles, medal-wise, is the best in the world. But no differently than the names above, someone in the next generation of gymnasts will eclipse her. |
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Will someone come in the future who can match SB's skills? Certainly, but I don't see it happening soon. |
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All of the names I men were the best of their times and were considered generational talent and spoken of in the same terms that you hear Biles being spoken of....and let's remind ourselves that the athletes of those times didn't have the resources that athletes do these days to help them go the next level I am not saying she isn't the best of all time as of this moment....but let's not assume the next Biles isn't already out there. |
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The gymnasts you refer to were not recognized in the same manner as SB. The moves they were doing, were all being done by their competitors....they just did them better. In fact, a lot of the moves those gymnasts did are taught and mastered by 8 year olds nowadays. They were fairly simple routines, where style and precision were the most important criteria. The focus in gymnastics changed around 2005, when they went from the standard scale of 1-10.0 scoring, to split scores where the difficulty of routines allowed for higher scores. After that, the coaches all started focusing on more difficult routines to gain an advantage. While gymnasts like Raisman, Liukin, etc. raised the bar incrementally, SB leap frogged all of them, because she started doing routines that had difficulty levels that no other gymnast has done or is doing. What she is doing is very different, you just don't understand why it is different. Will someone come in the future who is equally acrobatic, strong, fearless and dedicated as SB? Never say never, but there are literally thousands of gymnasts who have spent their lives trying to do what SB is doing, and they simply can't. Last edited by A8bil; Yesterday at 12:42 PM.. |
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