Jul 3, 2024
10:14:22am
10:14:22am
True, but not everybody is a former swimmer. I'll even say most former athletes or people who still work out would
understand what Ledecky is doing is absolutely insane. You don't have to have any former background in any sport or gym to watch Biles and think, nope. No way is that ever possible.
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Jul 3, 9:40am
You can respect her and recognize her amazing accomplishments but also recognize she did, in fact, let people down.
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Jul 3, 9:57am
It's both. I don't think this is hard to understand. All participation isn't created equal. Track and swimming and
Jul 3, 10:12am
Jul 3, 10:22am
You are talking to Americans here so why are we switching to talk about global participation? Also my daughter is
Jul 3, 10:25am
Jul 3, 10:34am
Ok. In America there are way more children and adults in competitive swimming than gymnastics. There are 4x as many
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Jul 3, 11:32am
I was touting the fact that she's 4'8" and jumped 12 ft in the air. I can't think of another human achieving that kind
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