So, Simone. Back and still great. The gymgods have blessed us.
Do you think she would have comeback if Tom Forster was still coordinator/leader or do you think she would have retired so she didn’t have to deal with him?
I suspect he was the one who called her the gold medal token. She probably wouldn’t want to work with him.
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I mean, no one liked Tom. It’s not a Simone thing!
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That’s interesting. What or who do we think she meant?
Wow. One day I want a book from her. A real story of what happened.
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Also Gymcats dropped the bomb that two USAG officials called Simone lazy so.
I am sure she will…once she is retired. Won’t be surprised to see a joint collaboration between Raisman, Nichols, and Biles.
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I’d buy that book.
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what did they say?
I’d always read that comment as simply saying that pinning all our complaints about the organization and its admin on a single person (Tom) – was missing the forest for the trees.
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I hope Simone actually is lazy. Because it would make her even more fucking incredible
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Whoever made that statement was probably jealous of her success or defending the old ways of abuse, overtraining and starvation. Aimee and Simone bucked the Marta system for a while.
That’s my take on it.
Totally. And I don’t think it would be totally wild to hypothesize that compared to some other gymnasts Simone doesn’t have to train as zealously and repetitively in ways that were valorized by the old vanguard. This would probably also be related to why she has been able to stay healthier than many of her peers. To try to twist that into a negative or characterize it as “laziness” is totally demented and reeks of jealousy, but I can see it happening in that culture.
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It’s too idiotic to even try to figure out
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Yeah, I know I’ve personally just lazed my way into a dozen world and olympic medals.
in cheeto eating!
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