1. I think the article in the OP is frankly massively sexist. If a male gymnast had done something similar there would be no hand wringing re-analysis. But suddenly an 18 year old adult woman is made into some kind of pathetic little girl victim. At the end of the day she could have refused to make the vault. Just because her coaches didn't make it easy for her to do so does not make them abusive. She chose to do it. These people are competing at the absolute peak of their sport, quite literally the very best on planet earth are gathered at this event. The sacrifices they have made to get to this point are unimaginable to the vast majority of people, particularly at the ages most of them start gymnastics, which means none of us has ever been in a situation to have to weigh the cost of all that previous sacrifice, hard work, pain & discomfort over untold years against that one moment where you could walk away and no one would blame you because you are legitimately hurt, or you can choose to attempt immortality.
I don't know how I would react in that moment (although I can unfortunately guess) but I also know I can't possibly second guess that situation. I don't have anything approaching the information necessary to do so honestly.
The author unfortunately looks at the situation and chooses to see a little girl victim rather than a heroic adult choosing to go for greatness. Part of that is sexist and part of that is because the author hill never be good enough at anything to stand at that particular crossroads.
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