lj: the perfect ten — awarded to 14—year—old romanian athlete nadia comaneci in 1976. couldn't cope — which is why it says "1.00" in this picture. judges went on to score nadia six more perfect tens — that's because she didn't make errors like missteps, bent knees, and falling — all of which deduct points. nowadays, ai complements thejudging process, and computer vision can recognise when a gymnast�*s moves are worthy of a podium place. right now, the rules have changed since the perfect ten. the score right now, it's a combination between the execution and the bonus points, which you can get 314,14.7,15. so, the only ten is in execution. nobody has scored yet ten in execution, because it's really, really ha rd. all this data is then gathered, processed, and we can provide dedicated graphics to fans watching these incredible races on tv. the capturing time, the processing time and then, the visualisation of this data on screen is taking less than a tenth of a second. so it has to be extremely fast in order to be able to appreciate the athlete's performance. this year, s

now the first female all around winner to earn back to back individual all around medals since nadia comaneci. now you have to be pretty old to remember who she is. we're talking the 1976 and 80. and let's not forget that suni lee did this while battling kidney disease. this one feels even better than the last. i'm a lot more matured, so i know exactly what my body is capable of mentally and physically. so to just go out there and achieve that goal, it meant the world to me. it felt absolutely incredible. i mean, to just be back out here is such an amazing accomplishment. so to have this medal around my neck means so much to me. now, this isn't the last we're going to see of simone and suni. they're going to be back this weekend. individual event finals. let's take it to the pool. katie ledecky proving that she really is the goat when it comes to swimming. and in that pool. amazing. the third teen in the record books for ledecky, the most decorated u.s. female olympian of all time. a silver medal in the four by 200 freestyle relay, making her the most decorated woman in history of team usa. i

nadia comaneci. she did it while battling kidney diseas.s she is so proud of what she's been able to accomplish, and that that bronze medal is really the one that won her heart. i talked to her about the journey to get to this point. i just got the okay to start training in january again, so it's only really been six months. so to say that i've gotten here with little with little training, is absolutely insane. and i was thinking about it like a year ago today. i probably would have been laying in a hospital bed just praying to be better at the time. but here we are, and here i am with my bronze medal. i'm so happy i couldn't be happier or prouder of myself, because i did all the work that it took to take to get here, and that's exactly what i did. boy, did she do the work, okay, doing the work. also, u.s. women's water polo team in the pool going against host country france. team usa dominating the match with a 17 five win in the quarterfinals. now three time gold medalist and team captain danville's maggie steffens said they executed thei

now the first female all around winner to earn back to back individual all around medals since nadia comaneciu have to be old like me to remember who nadia is. we're talking 1976 and 1980, and let's not forget that suni did all of this while battling kidney disease. i spoke with her about that really inspirational journey just to get this far. i was thinking about it like a year ago today. i probably would have been laying in a hospital bed just praying to be better at the time, but here we are, and here i am with my bronze medal. i'm so happy i couldn't be happier or prouder of myself, because i did all the work that it took to take to get here, and that's exactly what i did. boy, did she do all the work. you know, you see them on tv or you see them when they're competing and they look so, you know, poised and then you remember she is 21 years old. what a journey she has had. you can see more of suni lee coming up right after this on the today show. she is one hot ticket. i got to tell you. oh, amazing. so happy for her as well. absolutely. okay, so race to primetime coverage tonight as jess

now the first female all around winner to earn back to back individual all around medals since nadia comaneci. you have to be pretty old to remember who she is. we're talking 1976 and 1980, and let's not forget that suni did this while battling kidney disease. now after this, i'm going to be running downstairs to go interview suni. i'm going to talk to her about the hmong community here in france. really having her back and celebrating her. also, what this year has been like for her as she battled that kidney disease and how she came back to get that bronze medal so very, very exciting for her. all right. before i go, though, i want you to check out this instagram post that i want to show you. it is of simone biles. now, if you know biles, she's four foot eight, but she gets 12.9ft in the air. yes. for perspective, according to the website, the measure of things that is equal to ten and a half bowling pins, it is taller than shaq. it is two times taller than michael jordan, and two and a half times taller than actor danny devito. now that danny devito comparison that one, i'm not really into

i'm a gymnast myself and i used to watch nelli kim, nadia comaneci i loved simone biles.ord was 15 backflips and a double back somersault at the end. >> hold on, what, 15? >> hold on, what, 15? >> i used to be able to do that. i can still do them. but, you know, obviously, because i have a bit of a gammy knee, i sort of don't do them because it's not really. >> so what will we have to pay you to do at least three for us? oh, could we not 2 million. >> could we do the christmas party or something? >> 2 million. on party or something? >> 2 million. oh yeah. you did do at the christmas party. i forgot about that. yeah, yeah, that was that was magnificent. but yeah, well well done. brilliant. but simone biles incredible. i mean, the thing is she's gone on and won more golds after the break. four foot eight she is i was about to say that to you. >> four foot eight, four foot eight. >> it's better if you're shorter, which is the same height as tom cruise, which is incredible. and there was him closing the ceremony. >> so for eight, is he. well no. >> so for eight, is he. well n

i mean i remember nadia comaneci but she is. you met with business leaders.t to our viewers? >> i would say actually that remarkably -- and i wonder whether it's the spirit of the olympics or not -- we've been seeing reports come out whether it's amazon or others that have actually led the markets down. we have this jobs report this morning that i think has a lot of people concerned, but when you talk to the ceo community, there was actually a remarkable confidence. now maybe it was misplaced confidence, but you did not hear the kind of hesitation that you've heard in some of the earnings reports this past week, and i don't know if that's a tale two of cities or just different industries we're hearing from here in paris. i would have -- i felt and sensed a genuine sense of optimism around people's business and where they thought we were going to be over the next 12 months, and so the question, of course, is, you know, what markets are doing right now, i think we're -- we're down 700 points, is that indicative of what's happening in the real economy? is that s