Fiji is having a really tough time with Covid and nice to see them have something to cheer. Love watching Fijian rugby teams.
She said she pulled out because her mind isn’t right and she risks doing herself serious physical injury.
I used to know a gym coach when I worked at the NSC Crystal Palace and he said the retirement rate for young gymnasts was mental( pardon the use of the word). He refused to let his own daughter go into it but she became an international tri athlete instead.
Not if you're an equestrian
Can someone explain to me how you get a horse to do that?
or if your a horse. The Simone Biles situation. It must also be awful competing for an association who stood by a let someone sexually abuse young gymnasts on an horrific volume. They were also saying on the radio just now about how yesterday the camera was never off her even when she had withdrawn. These athletes just love competing in sports, most do not do it for the publicity. Films stars, pop stars expect it.
You have to communicate using horse code.
Isn't it something to do with the reins, they say they do not rehearse a routine with the horse as it can anticipate and then make a mistake, they practice each move randomly.
One day a really camp horse just started doing it. It trained the next generation and so on.
That's the thing about the Olympics, it gives a chance for sports such as; Gymnastics, swimming, sailing etc to shine on the world stage and on TV.
'DO it or else it's the abattoir!'
They won't have done and yet it's what she gets and likely doesn't want.
Stick and carrot. And a lot of stick. It's animal torture dressed up like a sport.
Most of the stuff in dressage is based on natural movements - especially on the way stallions behave, when they're showing off.
Now you're just horsing around.
I doubt if they have taken into account the abuse Larry Nassar subjected the girls to either
Neigh! I'm being serious
Always wonder whether it's the horse or the rider that's more inbred.
Probably not, which is criminal.
What and you think it's cheap in the UK to take up sports like: tennis,rowing,sailing without the middle class privilege?
Well it's coming home to roost now, isn't it? Big time!
From what I know of our dressage athletes, most of them aren’t super posh. Middle class probably, sure, but as you point out I think that can be the case with lots of the sports with high equipment or travel costs.
I never really thought about it to be honest, from memory though it’s the kids who were the bravest that progressed furthest rather than the ones with the physical assets. It’s a bit like skating or snow boarding or any sport like that, you get some people who will just throw themselves into whatever and don’t even think about getting hurt. I wasn’t one of those kids and didn’t have it in me to progress to the next level, the coaches quickly get bored of you then and move on to the next kid who shows some potential. I got bored and wanted to play football instead. It was a huge commitment, something like 15 hours a week at one point.
Or worse, the @horsechoker !
I think we get hung up on class here in the UK. A lot of our athletes depend on the Sports funding, which in turn depends on results.
I'd do dressage than face the @horsechoker
