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Originally Posted by Detoxing
Maybe, my (entirely made up) interpretation of her this weekend is that she had no interest in her teammates, her coaches, or even being there for that matter.
Sitting there alone in a chair looking stoic while her team is all laughing and cheering each other on said a lot to me. You'd never catch Mahomes acting like that.
She couldn't even get up to celebrate her teammates first Olympic performance....something is up with her.
Either she's an entitled **** her she just caught her man shagging the maid.
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Some people have said she’s been struggling for a while and just isn’t at the top of the sport anymore. The attitude you describe might also be one of someone who believed their own press too much. I can see why someone like that who failed at something simple on the big stage might just pack it in.
You can understand why you’d want to quit, what you can’t understand is someone at this level actually doing it.
It still doesn’t explain what’s brave about not being brave, or what the grand display of confidence is in losing all your confidence at a setback.
And no, I don’t believe a male athlete would be cheered for quitting on his team. If KD had walked off in the middle of the second half when the going was tough, nobody would be talking about how brave that was. They’d say he should gut it out for the team and display the indomitable Olympic spirit and all that.