I really can’t comprehend an Olympic athlete quitting after all the work it took to get there. However, I read that her performance was so bad on the beam or whatever it was, that mathematically the best that the team could do at that point was silver. And another bad performance by her would have pushed them out of that.
Apparently the kid has a lot of issues. If you look at how young these gymnast have to start and how much time they are away from home and all that, Olympic level gymnastics borders on child abuse. But, I don’t think she should be praised for quitting. There was nothing brave about it.
