She’s the GOAT, even though Kerri Strug will always be #1 to me. No doubt about it
2 of my daughters compete in her event every year. Her husband works the ticket booths, takes pics with hundreds (thousands?) of kids with a genuine smile. If you pay $400, you can meet her for about 3 very uncomfortable minutes. She will not be seen outside of the paid meet/greets (no kickoff to weekend, award ceremonies, one yeah she gave a short speech but stayed behind a curtain, etc). They only ordered 20% of the medals this year, but did ship them out about 6 weeks later (its a MASSIVE event, things happen) Her mother/grandmother came to each of the awards and apologized which she shouldn’t of had to do, but whatever
BUT, that doesn’t seem any different than many of the other GOATs. Is what it is. She is an absolute force of inspiration for young, AA gymnasts. And her husband seems cool af. Its lonely at the top, and people in that sphere can be off a bit, I would think. Tiger, Jordan, Lance. They can’t all be like VY and Earl.