![]() Poor old James Newman even got a commiserating phone call from Chris Martin afterwards, though hasn’t he suffered enough, etc, etc?īill Bailey appeared on Good Morning Britainto mop up the aftermath, telling Susanna Reid that he once submitted a song, but had it rejected by the BBC for being “too silly”. Yet it does sting that we keep getting it so wrong. It was a post-lockdown rush of giddiness. A drug-taking “scandal” that turned out to have been conscientious cleaning-up! Amanda Holden going the full Brits abroad on languages other than English! The indignity of not one but two nul points lobbed squarely at the UK by both the professional juries and the audience vote! This year’s Eurovision song contest was fabulously dramatic, even by Eurovision standards. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock “Because I can” is a statement of defiance dressed up in a shrug and, like the woman who said it, it is inspirational. Few can relate to Biles’s world-class athleticism, of course, but plenty can relate to being told not to stand out, to fall back into line. When asked why, she replied: “ Because I can.” It went viral, because it struck a chord. That’s not on me,” she said, wisely.Įven so, she said that despite being under-rewarded, she would continue to attempt these dangerous moves. And that’s just something that’s on them. “But they don’t want the field to be too far apart. Biles said that her scores were “too low”. The New York Times suggested that this might be to discourage less able athletes from attempting it, but to this outsider, at least, it seems to penalise the most exceptional athletes for being able to do the most exceptional things. But the judges gave it comparatively low marks, because dangerous moves have a lower starting point. “I’m sorry but I can’t believe I competed a double pike on vault,” she tweeted afterwards, of her history-making achievement. I have played the video of the Yurchenko double pike again and again, the one in slow motion, and the sheer wonder of Biles making her body do something that the laws of physics suggest it should not be able to do is thrilling.īiles seemed thrilled herself. But I do know that Biles, one of the the most decorated gymnasts ever, is a rock star of sport and has superhuman abilities that have made her famous across the globe. ![]() It may be obvious from the fact that I can only describe her moves as “very big”, “extremely high” and “that amazing jumpy-up spinny thing” that I don’t follow gymnastics religiously, nor do I fully understand its rules and regulations.
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