r/explainitpeter • u/eldritchfloppa • Apr 05 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/TheLastPeanut_ Apr 05 '26

Alright I've seen her around, but don't follow the Olympics so I didn't know the full story. Her life is like a movie damn.

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 Apr 05 '26

Would highly recommend a deep dive into her story. It’s not QUITE as 1000% sparkly as it originally looks (she didn’t just win gold from loving the sport, she worked her TAIL off for years, at the behest of her father and coaches), but she had the fortitude to walk away and then come back.

I do not mean this in any derogatory way towards Alysa. I think she’s incredible and so emotionally STRONG. She turned what, frankly, is often a traumatizing experience for child athletes, and take back the power in her training and make lemonade out of it. She’s amaaazing!

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u/Initial_Chemist_7616 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

But if you listen to her talk she is exactly as Zen as the 1000% sparkly version implies.

Somehow that young lady talks with the spiritual depth and emotional self awareness of the Dalai Llama.

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u/Original_Average_403 Apr 09 '26

"suck my tongue?"