I thought this was interesting. Simone told the team USA staff around her that she wanted to pull out from the competition and they told her no you’re fine. Eventually they listened to her.
saying simone was not a good team player is the absolute worst take. she was the ultimate team player today. she knew she was not able to perform at her best but she had complete faith in her teammates’ ability and she put her energy into the role that would be most useful to them.
Alyssa Baumann (Florida) makes her collegiate debut on uneven bars in her senior year and scores 9.925 points to tie for the event title. Baumann has not competed uneven bars in nearly five years, since an elbow injury during training on the event forced her to withdraw from the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.