The finals are a three-up/three-count format, meaning each country enters three of its four athletes on an apparatus, with all three scores counting.
"I just don't trust myself as much anymore," she said. "I don't know if it's age, I'm just more nervous when I do gymnastics. I feel like I'm also not having as much fun. And I know this Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself. I'm still doing it for other people."
She added, "At the end of the day, we don't want to be carried out of there on a stretcher ... You have to be there 100% because if you're not, you get hurt."
If she had competed, one of the other girls would not have competed. If she had competed and fallen or injured herself it would have hurt the team more than allowing another girl a chance to do better.
I have seen the true colors of some of you here and it isn't pretty.
"I just don't trust myself as much anymore," she said. "I don't know if it's age, I'm just more nervous when I do gymnastics. I feel like I'm also not having as much fun. And I know this Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself. I'm still doing it for other people."
She added, "At the end of the day, we don't want to be carried out of there on a stretcher ... You have to be there 100% because if you're not, you get hurt."
If she had competed, one of the other girls would not have competed. If she had competed and fallen or injured herself it would have hurt the team more than allowing another girl a chance to do better.
I have seen the true colors of some of you here and it isn't pretty.