DThe Olympic team final of gymnasts is a great and exciting competition between two gymnastics superpowers in the past few decades. A young Russian team clearly defeated the United States, and-after decades of Soviet rule in the 1970s and 1980s-won Russia’s first Olympic team gold medal.
American gymnasts seemed almost invincible in the past ten years, but were forced to change teams after the first installation: Jordan Chilis had to step on parallel bars and performed well. Sunisa Lee, who had to fall to the ground unexpectedly, contributed the highest evaluation for this device.But unsurprisingly, these gymnastics competitions are all about Simone Byers; And-or even more-when she is not doing gymnastics.
Loss of sense of space and time
The 24-year-old, who has been designated as the Olympic superstar in advance, decided to abandon the competition after a power outage at the vaulting venue. She experienced what other gymnasts also know and called “twisties” in English-from twisting, that is, the rotation of the vertical axis: the sudden loss of the sense of time and space when the body is in the air. Byers did not announce the two and a half screws, but only showed one and a half screws, and fell uncontrollably on the mat, luckily his feet.
No, she “didn’t decide to show only one and a half screws,” Byers answered the question with a smile at the press conference. What happened there was very “abnormal” to her. In fact, Byers’ ability to precisely control her position in the air in every movement, no matter how complicated, is characteristic of her extraordinary acrobatics.
In the gymnasium, it was already a battle with “all these evil spirits”. After this jump, she knew that “best step back” was also for the best team result: “Your work is great, and they should help them. I am very proud of this silver medal in my case.” Simone Biles has accompanied teammates in the game, provided assistance where possible, and cheered and cheered for successful practice.
When talking about her decision, Byers talked about her “mental health” and her physical integrity: “I don’t want to go out, screw up and hurt myself.” This aspect is more important than people think, because it seems The biggest difficulty presented without any effort is the best in the world.
Compared with other sports-you can choose dressage, table tennis or archery-gymnastics is a very dangerous sport. Breaking your neck is a real danger, and unfortunately, the list of people who have suffered it during training or competition is long. It can happen after an unsuccessful jump, such as jumping off a 10 cm wide balance beam, and especially when you lose your direction in the air, for whatever reason.
Simone Byers said that she has gone through some “twists and turns” in training. When it comes to mental stress, these Olympics are very “tensed”. Many things come together, from lack of spectators to preparation for an extension of one year. It has become a very busy week.
