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19. Twisties, vertigo, loss of proprioception

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 10:58 AM

Jul 2021

If she'd kept on going, she could have broken anything, like her back or neck for instance, and could have died.

'Simone Biles got the twisties, too:’ Olympian connects with former gymnasts over the feeling of disconnect in the air

Gael Mackie never called them the twisties. But she knew. Within split nanoseconds — the units of time in which gymnasts live their lives — she knew exactly what Simone Biles was talking about.

“They saw it a little bit in practice. Having a little bit of the twisties,” Biles had said Tuesday in Tokyo. “They” were her teammates. The “twisties?” Well, whatever they were, they had terrified the iconic gymnast’s U.S. colleagues. And they had played a part in forcing the greatest to ever do it to step away from doing it at all, on the biggest stage of all.

I saw a recording of Bart Conner and Nadia Comăneci being interviewed on CNN last night. Bart talked about the twisties, I suddenly understood why she walked, and how good and strong that decision was.

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So far, every other Olympian, or other serious athlete, interviewed has said Simone Biles did... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 OP

If you're gonna call her the GOAT, Cracklin Charlie Jul 2021 #1

What's GOAT? NT XanaDUer2 Jul 2021 #2

Greatest Of All Time GOAT DenaliDemocrat Jul 2021 #4

Greatest Of All Time Cracklin Charlie Jul 2021 #5

Nadia Comaneci is the GOAT in my opinion. n/t OnlinePoker Jul 2021 #6

By 1970's gymnastics standards, certainly. Aristus Jul 2021 #9

OMG...I was looking at balance beam compilation over the years... LeftInTX Jul 2021 #16

BOOM! And, she is definitely THE GOAT! obamanut2012 Jul 2021 #21

When you do a sport that is inherently dangerous DenaliDemocrat Jul 2021 #3

You mean Traildogbob Jul 2021 #8

Piers Morgan The King of Prussia Jul 2021 #11

When a weather man Traildogbob Jul 2021 #15

As the bonafide Meathead that I am DenaliDemocrat Jul 2021 #17

😂😂 Traildogbob Jul 2021 #18

Yeah, but doughy little shitweasel Charlie Kirk says she's a sociopathic coward ... 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #7

I'm gonna listen to Mark Phelps, who earlier today said he knows exactly what Biles was... TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #10

Let's throw Charlie Kirk in the Olympics, get your popcorn ready! LeftInTX Jul 2021 #13

The only legitimate question would be -- if she felt this way at trials? JT45242 Jul 2021 #12

Seems unlikely since she did so well at trials. LisaL Jul 2021 #14

Twisties, vertigo, loss of proprioception Another Jackalope Jul 2021 #19

Competitions on individual apparatus are coming up, and she qualified for all of them. LisaL Jul 2021 #20

They apparently come on suddenly Another Jackalope Jul 2021 #22