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OMG, Simone Biles on balance beam! (Original Post)
mobeau69
Jul 2024
OP
Me too. Definitely not for me, but I am amazed at her precision, skill, and fearlessness.
hlthe2b
Jul 2024
#14
Paris is 6 hours ahead of East coast time, so the live events had been earlier. The
iluvtennis
Jul 2024
#12
brush
(61,033 posts)1. Just that? No video, no link?
Might be the right one.
brush
(61,033 posts)4. Thanks. She's amazing.
Sucha NastyWoman
(3,019 posts)13. She owns that beam!
Makes it look easy. So glad shes obviously got her confidence in these Olympics.
mobeau69
(12,353 posts)3. It just happened a few minutes ago for Pete's sake.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)5. That balance beam scares me. I can just envision planting my teeth in it.
LeftInTX
(34,203 posts)10. Yeah, I swear her head could have hit that thing!
hlthe2b
(113,797 posts)14. Me too. Definitely not for me, but I am amazed at her precision, skill, and fearlessness.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)17. The greatest respect to them.
electric_blue68
(26,811 posts)15. The needed spatial accuracy on that is so high!
spicysista
(1,731 posts)6. Her bar and floor routines were great, too!
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mobeau69
(12,353 posts)7. I'm watching on NBC. Thought it was live in the early morning here in US.
iluvtennis
(21,494 posts)12. Paris is 6 hours ahead of East coast time, so the live events had been earlier. The
gymnastics and other events shown on NBC in primetime are encore performances.
oasis
(53,627 posts)16. Fantastic! Thank you!
Skittles
(171,493 posts)8. she is both tough and lovely
I am a fan
Mountainguy
(2,145 posts)9. Glad she didn't hang it up
Much happier if we can see her go out on top.
LeftInTX
(34,203 posts)11. Wow she's 27!
Delmette2.0
(4,498 posts)18. I read a day or two ago that 27 was last seen in the women's
event was in 1952.
I have always thought that teenagers were to young to compete on the world stage.