Simon Biles, Amerika’nın onu neden sevmediğini düşündüğünü açıklıyor
18 april 2024 в 23:13
Simon Biles her zaman kadın jimnastiğinin keçisi olmuştur ve olmaya devam edecektir. Ancak sevilen sporcu da zor günler geçirebilir. Herkes 2021 yılındaki anıyı hatırlar, 27 yaşındaki jimnastikçinin Tokyo Olimpiyat Oyunları takım finalinden çekilmek zorunda kaldığı anı: jimnastikçinin uzay algısını kaybettiği ve nerede ve ne zaman ayaklarını yere basacağını belirleyemediği «twist» vakası.
«America hates me. The whole world will hate me», - Simon recalled during an interview for the «Call Her Daddy» podcast on April 17. «I can only see what they’re writing on Twitter right now. … If I could get on a plane and fly home, I would. I thought I was going to get banned from America because this is what they tell you: 'Don't come back if you don’t have gold. Gold or failure. Don’t come back'».
Recalling the moment when she failed to land properly during a vault jump, the Olympic champion noted: «So I landed like this, and right after I landed I smiled and thought, 'Damn'».
At that time, Simon did not suffer a serious injury. However, the terrifying ordeal forced her to withdraw from the team final, giving Suni Lee the chance to win gold. Simon competed in the final on the bars, where she finished third overall and won the bronze medal.
In another interview for the «Call Her Daddy» podcast, Simon recalled another situation that she and her husband, Jonathan Owens, had to face last year. In December 2023, Jonathan, 28, appeared on «The Pivot» podcast, where he said that men are the «prey» in relationships. This comment caused a wide resonance on social media, which, according to Simon, «caused her pain».
«At first I thought it was funny, and then [people] hurt my feelings», - she admitted. «Once I broke down and thought, 'Why are you talking about my husband like that? You don’t know him. You don’t know who he is. And if someone has met him, they know that he is the kindest and ready to help anyone'».
The athlete continued: «I didn’t think about anything in that interview, and he never said that I’m not prey. He said he is prey. Because that’s who he is. I’ve never met a man like him. Many who have met him say, 'Oh my God, I want a man like Jonathan'»
«America hates me. The whole world will hate me», - Simon recalled during an interview for the «Call Her Daddy» podcast on April 17. «I can only see what they’re writing on Twitter right now. … If I could get on a plane and fly home, I would. I thought I was going to get banned from America because this is what they tell you: 'Don't come back if you don’t have gold. Gold or failure. Don’t come back'».
Recalling the moment when she failed to land properly during a vault jump, the Olympic champion noted: «So I landed like this, and right after I landed I smiled and thought, 'Damn'».
At that time, Simon did not suffer a serious injury. However, the terrifying ordeal forced her to withdraw from the team final, giving Suni Lee the chance to win gold. Simon competed in the final on the bars, where she finished third overall and won the bronze medal.
In another interview for the «Call Her Daddy» podcast, Simon recalled another situation that she and her husband, Jonathan Owens, had to face last year. In December 2023, Jonathan, 28, appeared on «The Pivot» podcast, where he said that men are the «prey» in relationships. This comment caused a wide resonance on social media, which, according to Simon, «caused her pain».
«At first I thought it was funny, and then [people] hurt my feelings», - she admitted. «Once I broke down and thought, 'Why are you talking about my husband like that? You don’t know him. You don’t know who he is. And if someone has met him, they know that he is the kindest and ready to help anyone'».
The athlete continued: «I didn’t think about anything in that interview, and he never said that I’m not prey. He said he is prey. Because that’s who he is. I’ve never met a man like him. Many who have met him say, 'Oh my God, I want a man like Jonathan'»
© Kolganov Andrey
