Biles was among four finalists to fall during the balance beam final. She says the audience shushed gymnasts as they tried to cheer each other on
“The crowd was great except for the ‘shushing’ on the beam,” Simone Biles’ coach, Cecile Landi, said after the competition.
After completing her beam performance, which featured a fall, Biles looked bewildered and could be heard asking her teammate Sunisa Lee: “Why are they shushing?” Although it may seem counterintuitive, gymnasts often prefer noisy arenas, even on an apparatus as precarious as the beam, as it helps the athlete to focus more on the task at hand.
The format of apparatus finals means only one gymnast competes at any given time. That adds to the pressure as each performer is keenly aware that every set of eyes in the arena are centered upon them.“You could feel the tension in the room. I mean, the crowd shushing us for cheering like we were, we didn’t like that because it’s just so silent in there,” Lee, one ofThe athletes said they had attempted to solve the problem themselves.
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