July 28, 2021
Four-time gold-medalist Dominque Dawes talked with Chance Seales about everything from the twisties to the continued abuse in gymnastics.
Chance Seales: Simone Biles is backing away team competition, now all-around. Dominique, are you surprised?
Dominique Dawes: I am not surprised, based on day one of the team finals and her having a bit of a mental block on a Yurchenko Amanar vault and she did a 1.5 and got a little lost in the air and then made that decision, listened to her inner voice and made the best decision for her mentally as well as physically. It s really hard to shut everything out and then 48 hours to compete again and I think she recognized that it was best for her to make the decision sooner rather than later so that her teammate could step in in her place.
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