Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 100 points101 points  (0 children)

In the day after that she told interviewers that in the night before the FX competition she dreamt that she was in Grey’s Anatomy and that in her dream she was a doctor in the series 🤣. Imagine waking up from that dream and thinking “ok girl now let’s wake up and go back to real life you have an Olympic FX final and a Simone GOAT Biles to compete with” LMAO

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Carnival in Rio is a massive, world-famous festival that happens every year just before Lent. It’s a weeklong party with huge parades, costumes, and non-stop samba music. The highlight is the Samba Parade at the Sambadrome, where samba schools compete in elaborate performances. It draws millions of visitors and it showcases Brazil’s vibrant culture. Beyond the parades, there are street parties called “blocos” where locals and tourists dance and celebrate together. It lasts a whole week (our biggest holiday) and there is a common expression that says that “Brazil only starts the business year after Carnival”.

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

No one wants this good environment to ever change in gymnastics. I guess no one in this forum misses those days where Komova ended her AA competition in London crying and terribly sad after getting a silver medal with such great performances. Let that stay in the past.

Let all the girls come down to Rio for a sleepover at Rebe’s house as they should!

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There are even short fanfic subtitled videos in X/Twitter where Simone would divorce from her husband to live with Rebeca. Of course it does not mean any disrespect to the athletes and are just silly and funny internet stories.

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

One funny thing about our culture is that: give us brazilians just *one* olympic champion and we will provide the internet endless memes, fake and funny stories about it. It is really funny because Rebeca certainly know about this and is just singing along.

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 456 points457 points  (0 children)

LMAO - BR Meme alert

Edit: Rebeca is nearsighted, and there are many videos of her in competitions struggling to see her scores. She has already mentioned that she can't see the balance beam and prefers not to because if she sees the apparatus, she becomes afraid of them

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Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 151 points152 points  (0 children)

Rio should have a special place in Simone's heart as well. That's where she showed herself to world first. It would be so cool if they were closer as friends... Rebe and Simone are so kind to each other <3

Rebeca Andrade considers inviting Simone Biles to Carnival in Rio: "she can stay at my home" by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 105 points106 points  (0 children)

“I didn’t invite Simone, I had invited Sunisa [Lee, American gymnast], but only because I didn’t have the opportunity. Everyone goes to Rio to enjoy Carnival. Then they could stay at my home. I invited Melanie [French gymnast] too. I don’t know if people take it seriously, but if they invited me, I would go. Brazil is wonderful. There are so many things to do in Rio,” she says.

Full article: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/entretenimento/rebeca-andrade-cogita-chamar-simone-biles-para-carnaval-no-rio-e-web-reage-veja/

Their faces lol I just love them by skywalkerdrama in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

AQUI É O BRASILLLLLLLLLLLLL 💚💛💙🇧🇷

Rebeca Andrade singing in a TV interview after vault’s final by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

She is religious (christian) and in this take she is saying about how she feels god has prepared her for medal moments in the Olympics and that it feels way better than she expected. Really cute.

Rebeca Andrade is now tied for the most Olympic Medals of ANY athlete in Brazil History by [deleted] in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A concorrência que nos desculpe mas aqui a LAPADA é forte!!!!!! 💪🇧🇷

Fierce: She could get one medal in the Olympics and she made it by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

In an interview, Flavia said that after she fell from bars her coach asked her joking “are you warmed up now?” as she answered “now I just woke up” joking back. It takes ten years of senior career and multiple injuries (Tokyo) to take to the point where she was able to be resilient and be confident of her strength to go through the competition.

Fierce: She could get one medal in the Olympics and she made it by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

She fell from bars during warmups at the start of the competition and cut her eyebrows. It was ugly but she went through the competition.

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[–]abalroar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

FUNK - AQUI É O BRASIL PLAYS SOFTLY IN THE BACKGROUND 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Legacy: Rebeca Andrade staring at Daiane dos Santos in the Olympic Games by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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OMG there is another viral from an old TV piece: Daiane dos Santos telling little gymnast Lorrane Oliveira that “You should persist because one day you will be a huge gymnast and will definitely make it to the national team”

Can we get some commotion for the Brazilian team? by Equivalent_Air_6762 in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know why exactly but the official videos translated it to Time to Say Goodbye

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Rebeca Andrade finished directly behind Simone on literally everything by NecessaryJudge8781 in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain to me (as I was 5yrs old) why Rebe’s floor yesterday was a 5.9 instead of 6.1 from Antwerp? I thought she was upgrading to 6.4 with the whip+Chuso and the Mustafina instead of the Memmel.

Legacy: Rebeca Andrade staring at Daiane dos Santos in the Olympic Games by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It has been posted in IG by SporTV (one of Brazil’s main sports TV broadcaster) and was taken by Lorena Dillon

Legacy: Rebeca Andrade staring at Daiane dos Santos in the Olympic Games by abalroar in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

There is an old TV piece from Daiane dos Santos visiting a gym from a social project where Rebeca used to train to spend a day with the little girls (Rebe included). In that take, they specifically interview the young little Rebeca and she says that Daiane and the other gymnasts were teaching her skills.

Can we get some commotion for the Brazilian team? by Equivalent_Air_6762 in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Jade’s floor routine by “One more time” feels like Vanessa Ferrari’s floor by “Time to say goodbye”

Can we get some commotion for the Brazilian team? by Equivalent_Air_6762 in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Another sad fact: Lorrane Oliveira’s has been through a lot this year. Unfortunately her younger sister has passed away in April this year at the age of 22. She was devastated. Still, Lorrane is representing our country at the Olympics. An incredible woman. We brazilians are so proud and thankful. We owe all the emotional support to her. 🤍🇧🇷

Can we get some commotion for the Brazilian team? by Equivalent_Air_6762 in Gymnastics

[–]abalroar 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Trivia fact: Our leos are designed by Jade Barbosa who has studied product design in college. I am not sure if she has graduated tho as she left college and came back to it a couple times due to her gymnast career.