Tokyo 2021

[capcom]

'sides all that histrionic rubbish, we are doing pretty well.  Just wish those blasted uniforms were a dark green, not the shade of a faded eucalypt leaf.

[Thryleon]

I hope Biles isn't playing the mental health card because she she fluffed a few landings. Disgrace if she did.

Saw an interview and she indicated she knows she's near the end and that 24 is old aged for a gymnast.

She's a world champion and I made a comment to my wife the other night that she looked like she was going to burst into tears when competing. 

[Gointocarlton]

Saw an interview and she indicated she knows she's near the end and that 24 is old aged for a gymnast.

She's a world champion and I made a comment to my wife the other night that she looked like she was going to burst into tears when competing. 

I'll stand corrected but there was an interview with her the night and it was after she pulled the pin. I find that very odd that a person suffering mental health issues would given an interview. Don't even start me on Cambage.

[Thryleon]

I'll stand corrected but there was an interview with her the night and it was after she pulled the pin. I find that very odd that a person suffering mental health issues would given an interview. Don't even start me on Cambage.

Fundamentally I agree with you.  Mental health gets used to explain away all manner of shocking behaviour, but I'd have to say that the last 18 months has probably tested more people more frequently, and some people who have previously had it all together are likely falling apart, and I've seen some other people I previously thought were a bit fragile actually coping better than expected and my assumption is that they probably feel a little bit more like they have a reason to not be at their best which relieves the pressure.

Mental health scenarios aren't that black and white.  Where you are good and you are bad.  Think more like a dam wall holding back a river.  For the most part, it holds and it does a decent job but you don't really see the leaks until its at breaking point.  The river is pretty much life.  The leaks where we see people starting to crack.  You'll see it on peoples faces and hear it in their voices where they just look defeated, and then one day the dam wall breaks and it takes a lot of help to put it back together again, but it is repairable provided there is no permanent damage done which prevents that from occurring.  The river symbolises life and its pressures.  The dam wall peoples ability to hold it all together.  The breaking is more the point where people tend to act in a manner that's out of character.

The modern issue is that its become a reason to explain what appears to be poor behaviour, but the hard part is determining whether or not the bad behaviour is the cause or the effect. 

[Gointocarlton]

Fundamentally I agree with you.  Mental health gets used to explain away all manner of shocking behaviour, but I'd have to say that the last 18 months has probably tested more people more frequently, and some people who have previously had it all together are likely falling apart, and I've seen some other people I previously thought were a bit fragile actually coping better than expected and my assumption is that they probably feel a little bit more like they have a reason to not be at their best which relieves the pressure.

Mental health scenarios aren't that black and white.  Where you are good and you are bad.  Think more like a dam wall holding back a river.  For the most part, it holds and it does a decent job but you don't really see the leaks until its at breaking point.  The river is pretty much life.  The leaks where we see people starting to crack.  You'll see it on peoples faces and hear it in their voices where they just look defeated, and then one day the dam wall breaks and it takes a lot of help to put it back together again, but it is repairable provided there is no permanent damage done which prevents that from occurring.  The river symbolises life and its pressures.  The dam wall peoples ability to hold it all together.  The breaking is more the point where people tend to act in a manner that's out of character.

The modern issue is that its become a reason to explain what appears to be poor behaviour, but the hard part is determining whether or not the bad behaviour is the cause or the effect. 

Understand all that, having been close to a couple of people that have had mental breakdowns, at the point when the dam wall broke, the last thing on their mind was to talk "publicly" (obviously I dont mean hold a press conference). Quite the opposite. As you say, it manifests itself differently in different people.

[LP]

Jess Fox, what a legend, The GOAT, what a story!

And her old man, how Richard Fox keeps it together while commentating his daughter's sport is a miracle, I'd be a basket case!

You can see the gene pool that delivers the results, and AFL want to kybosh F&S! I realise it isn't a guarantee, but when you get a goodun they are seriously good!

btw; I did not hear it, I'm not even sure you can hear it on repeat, but I heard SEN did a freakish live broadcast of the run that should be considered legendary in itself!

[Gointocarlton]

Jess Fox, what a legend, The GOAT, what a story!

And her old man, how Richard Fox keeps it together while commentating his daughter's sport is a miracle, I'd be a basket case!

You can see the gene pool that delivers the results, and AFL want to kybosh F&S! I realise it isn't a guarantee, but when you get a goodun they are seriously good!

btw; I did not hear it, I'm not even sure you can hear it on repeat, but I heard SEN did a freakish live broadcast of the run that should be considered legendary in itself!

Didnt hear the SEN one, watched on 7. Great race, great effort. If you want to see what an athlete looks like who conducts themselves impeccably, look no further than Jessica Fox.

[capcom]

This time, the rear bumper on her car should read "You are NOT passing another Fox"

[Lods]

It's done it again  ;D

After expressing indifference in the opening post, the Olympics have sucked me in.

As usually happens, I am now an expert in BMX and slalom canoeing. ;D  ;D

I'm also pretty sure I know more about swimming than the Australian swimming coaches.
What were they thinking with the order of swimming in the Women's 4x 200 relay :

[Gointocarlton]

Biles has made a miraculous recovery from her mental health issues and is back in the competition.