The New York Times’ sport section had to remove a poorly worded Tweet about US Olympic gold medalist gymnast, Sunisa Lee, on Thursday.
The Tweet, which was apparently supposed to make sense of Lee’s unexpected victory in the women’s artistic all-around event, instead read like a backhanded compliment to Sunisa Lee while curiously pandering to Simone Biles, who withdrew from the competition.
“Sunisa Lee, an American who spent a lifetime aspiring to finish second to Simone Biles in the all-around because that was the best anyone could do, exceeded those expectations on Thursday night, winning the Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games,” is what the tweet read.
It was deleted soon after due to scrutiny from users on the platform.
Sunisa Lee’s unexpected gold medal came soon after Biles, a four-time gold medalist in Rio, withdrew from individual events in Tokyo citing anxiety and a case of the “twisties” (a vertigo-like condition in which gymnasts lose their spatial awareness mid-air).
Sources: Audacy
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They deleted it but here it is. Absolute garbage headline https://t.co/aDuP6b3EGv pic.twitter.com/p7csuL0EXy
— Henry Lake (@lakeshow73) July 29, 2021
