"Walk it off."
"Get your head in the game."
"She let the side (team, country) down."
If I hear one more comment such as those about Simone Biles, I swear I will hit the person who says it. I have to wonder how these people would react if Biles had competed and suffered a career-ending or, worse, life-ending injury. Would it have been "Those are the breaks"? Or would they then be saying Biles should have known she was in no shape to compete? Some people want it both ways.
I think it's noteworthy that I have not seen one Olympic champion, past or present, suggest that she was wrong to make the choice she did.
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