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the individual all around simone biles could be the first woman in 53 years to repeat at the olympic st decorated american gymnast ever will miss out on at least one more potential medal that she could have won here in tokyo. brianna, john, she does still have more opportunities to medal if she decides to go having qualified for all four of the individual events already. >> coy, i just want to ask you for a moment about mental health here because what we're seeing is the greatest athlete on earth, more or less, tell us that mental health -- her mental health, her well being is more important than competing. you're a professional athlete which we forget because you're a wonderful journalist, talk to us about the pressure that you feel competing at those highest levels and what the risks would be trying to do it if you were not feeling well. >> yeah. i'll just lean on my experience as a former professional football player in the nfl, john, it is a pressure cooker situation being a professional athlete. you feel like every moment that you step out there on the competition plain it could

simone biles will not compete on thursday to defend her olympics all-around title but usa gymnastics and the coaching staff are still assessing whether she will compete in the individual event next week. here is cbs correspondent jamie yucas. >> simone biles was in foster care. she was adopted, then larry nassar abuses her. she is a sexual survivor at this point. that carries a lot of weight throughout your life. you can be a very resilient person, but when you have ler on layer, this showing that she says she needs a break, shows that she is strong saying i cannot take anymore of this. this is a moment that i just need to stop and pause. >> simone biles said herself about her first about, i had no idea where i was in the air. i could have hurt myself. and that she had a little bit of something called the twisties. this article on bbc news explains a bit about what that means. a gymnast describes it as a mental block where you lose your sense of spatial awareness in the air, spin out of control, or find yourself unable to land. it can happen to any gymnast, even if they are one of th

simone biles really front and center here. >> reporter: it is amazing. yesterday at this time we were talking about biles pulling out of the overall team competition and now this wednesday you might be waking up to this news. simone biles saying she won't compete tomorrow. that's the individual all around. so a lot happening in tokyo. it is a good wakeup call for those not paying attention to mental health. it is naomi osaka, as well. kevin love. not just high profile athletes but every day athletes. a parent of a little leaguer there's stress in every level. as for simone biles listen to what she had to say about what's happening here in tokyo. >> thank you so much >> thank you. >> reporter: behind the scenes without the lights and cameras jordan and grace fresh off the team silver medal asked not only about simone biles and own dealings with pressure and mental health. >> we are human. we are not just athletes. we have things to deal with at home or even in our daily lives. >> triple twisting double back. >> reporter: biles officially pulled out of thur

gymnast simone biles explains why she left the floor in tokyo — the latest athlete to put mental healthirst. and i'm sarah mulkerrins in tokyo where day five of the 2020 games is underway. rowing, swimming and cycling are all on the agenda. indonesia reports a record number of covid deaths — more than 2,000 people died in the last 2a hours — we have a special report. behind me, the excavator that digs new graves and the excavator that closes the other graves over there are working simultaneously, the ambulances that carry the bodies keep coming one after the other. us health officials change course on wearing masks — now vaccinated people are advised to wear them indoors, in places where infections are high. and — you're never to old to cheerlead. we meet the seniors injapan who're getting ready for their 25th anniversary show. live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and nine am in tokyo — where its day five of the olympic games. tuesday had some major surprises but none bigger than the women's team gymnastics. the russian olympic co

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simone biles arrived in to 0 access to that. simone biles arrived in tokyo have _ access to that.rrived in tokyo have been for watershed . in tokyo have been for watershed moments using the power of her body. instead, she is creating them with the power of her voice. laura scott, bbc news. our top story this evening: from next week double—jabbed tourists from the eu and the united states won't have to quarantine on arrival in england. but france for now is not included. and coming up — a permanent monument in tribute to fallen police officers and staff has been unveiled in staffordshire. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... it's emotional for britain's men in the relay. victory in the pool means it's the first time in 113 years that team gb win three swimming golds at an olympics. 100 pledges to tackle the issues that limit the opportunities in life for people with disabilities — — that's what the government has unveiled today. it's called the national disability strategy and it aims to increase the number of accessible homes and adapt older properties. there'll be an

and simone biles refused to be silent.le i mentioned, charlie kirk and others, they know this kind of messaging sells. otherwise, they just wouldn't do it. >> yeah. no. that's true. i mean, i think that there are a lot of these people, too, who very much feel as though they need to demonstrate how tough they are. that there is, actually, some insecurity to this. i think charlie kirk feels as though he needs to present himself, as being a very tough person. you know, he -- he did this ad where he is like selling pain relievers. and to old people, right? i mean, he's -- he is like trying to present himself as something that is part of this -- this -- this sense of machismo and so on and so forth. look. charlie kirk. at the end of the day, united states will earn a different color medal than it would have, otherwise, had simone biles been performing. charlie kirk, i am confident, cares very little about the olympics beyond this two weeks or the two weeks that is going to be coming up in four years. all of this is about using

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after further medical evaluation it has been announced simone biles is out of the all around which is tomorrow night in tokyo. nadia is back withus and that does not mean simone is out of the individual apparatus finals. first your reaction to simone stepping away from the all around? >> the absolute right decision. her mental health and safety comes first without a doubt. this is what she continued to do. setting the tone for the rest of the world. the next generation and the next generation after that. it is most important to make sure you are okay and that your mental health comes first. >> the mental health included in the statement from usa gymnastics. more on this tomorrow and we will see the two american women compete in the all around in about 48 hours. now the men's competition coming up tonight. it has been a long stretch with gymnastics. that is the news, simone biles out of the all around. just announced from usa gymnastics. the olympics continue on the networks of nbc universal and nbcolympics.com. from tokyo. >>> live coverage from tokyo next at 11:00. plus what simone b

gymnastics superstar simone biles withdrawing from another event at the olympics. will no longer compete in tomorrow's individual all-around gymnastics competition at the tokyo games. she stepped away from the team competition yesterday, citing mental health concerns as she attempts to protect her body and mind. she may still compete in next week's individual event finals. here to discuss, dominique dawes. she won olympic gold in gymnastics as part of the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics. i remember that well. good evening to you. thank you so much for joining us. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> dominique, listen, no doubt that you can relate to the intense pressure that simone biles was facing or is facing. she was billed as the g.o.a.t. this year. give me your reaction to her withdrawing from the olympic games. >> it's unreal the amount of pressure i'm sure this young lady was facing. leading up to the '96 olympic games i had an emotional breakdown. i was crying. i knelt down, i prayed with my teammate amanda borden, w

we'll continue tracking the simone biles story. we'll send it back to you in the bay area. >> all right. tracking all that's going on in tokyo. nice rainbow story there, too. brought a little tear to my eye, though. thanks, raj. >>> here is an updated look at the olympic medal count, team usa now in first place with 22 overall medals. china very close behind with 21. japan with 17 rounding out the top three. in the quest for gold, it's a threeway tie. the top three countries have nine gold medals each. >>> 6:04 and turning now to the pandemic and a look at new covid infections as the delta variant spreads. nearly 89,000 cases were added across the nation yesterday. there have been at least 34.5 million since the start of the pandemic. california adding nearly 22,000 cases to the overall total now topping 3.8 million. >>> america's veterans affairs facilities are among the latest to reintroduce mask requirements. all health care workers will be required to wear masks due to a recent surge in covid cases. infection rates have doubled

there you see simone biles taking center stage.but she tweeted on her own personal twitter, talking about sort of, you know, going to japan. so you see that picture right there. she's hold ago little blanket with a goat on it. very appropriate. >> the g.o.a.t., greatest of all time. she's off to japan. she also texted or put on there that she was, she cried on the plane, because she's going to miss her family and friends. >> we were talking with mike a couple hours ago, what do you miss about the olympics? it's the energy of the game, all of us sharing it. and yes, we'll be watching on tv. the energy will be zapped. we'll have to find it in other places. >> i am excited to watch the gymnastics competition. what are you excited to watch in. >> mountain biking, because we have kate courtney. >> nick serrano said he's excited about judo. rama low is excited about skateboarding and swimming. i'm with you. it's interesting, skateboarding, swimming, surfing, excuse me, they're making their debut. >> it will be done safely for the olympia

everyone who has been watching the olympics, and waiting for simone biles to compete, this is exactlyen. worst nightmare coming to pass here. simone, on the first event of the first rotation of the team competition tonight, about a half hour ago, she bailed out of her vault. several people said i'm not at the venue, but several people said it looked like she kind of got lost in the air. she nearly landed on her knees. looked like she was about to cry as she came off the podium. lots of hugs, lots of concern. she talked to the trainer. she left the field of play. that, again, is simone biles leaving the field of play, getting looked at, came back, and within a few minutes, and again, this is probably about 10, 15 minutes ago, john, within a few minutes of her return, word came and it was then reported and now usa gymnastics is confirming it to usa today that simone biles is out for the rest of the night. obviously early morning in the united states, out for the rest of the night. she is out of the team competition. the united states will not have the greatest gymnast of all time to be

and speaking of simone biles, will we see her compete again. this olympic games.dollar question right now. justine, we did see her in the crowd last night supporting team usa and specifically suni lee and jade carey, the one who took simone biles place when she bowed out simone biles qualified and all of the individual events next week. and so it's totally up to her at this point if she will compete. but obviously us we want to see her compete because she is so great at what she does. but we understand that she's dealing with something right now that is bigger than just sports. so i wish i had the answer to that question will find out a few days. i'm sure. justine we will be watching kron four's. andrew marden for us in tokyo. thank you so much. >> and right now the nba draft is underway and the warriors have some big decisions on their hands. do they ever the dubs have 2 picks tonight and they have just made the 7th overall selection in the 2021 draft. our sports reporter kylen mills live for us at chase with who the next warrior. well, let us know. they >> okay.

-- simone biles. it's wide open now when _ -- simone biles.e open now when you think _ -- simone biles. it's wide open now when you think of - -- simone biles. it's wide open now when you think of the - now when you think of the dominance of simone biles in gymnastics over recent years, such as the level of her competition that nobody really comes close to her. she qualified well clear for this all—around final despite not performing right at her best. she's not going to be there as say because of the mental health struggles that she is currently going through. we don't know whether she will line out for her individual finals a little bit later in the games, so a big opportunity for brazil's gymnast rebecca andrej, she has never meddled at an olympics, qualified in the second so she will be hoping for a gold.- the second so she will be hoping for a gold. thank you for keeping _ hoping for a gold. thank you for keeping us _ hoping for a gold. thank you for keeping us up-to-date . hoping for a gold. thank you i for keeping us up-to-date with for

what about simone biles in the individual competition? what you are talking about the idea of repeating? >> reporter: that is what would be going through her mind right now. as you mentioned, this is the team final. she wants to be there for her teammates. they talk about how they're like family. this is a group who moved from the olympic village and stayed in the hotel together. they are their own unit. tightly knit. she has to feel the pressure about not being out there to perform in the moment. john, this has nothing to do with the individual competitions which she qualified for in those events as well. she does have the opportunity to get back out there if she is feeling well enough to do so. that is the question everyone in tokyo and around the world are wondering about the greatest gymnast of all time. >> she is the greatest gymnast of all time. what we all want is for her to be well. >> this is going to be difficult news. coy, for a lot of people watching this, a lot of questions and she has a lot of pressure as those questions are

. >>> breaking overnight, simone biles withdraws from another major olympic event. what we're learning about her medical evaluation and whether she'll compete again in tokyo. >>> the next step in the january 6th capitol attack investigation one day after the dramatic testimony after four police officers fought for their lives that day. >> i too was being crushed by the rioters thinking to myself this is how i'm going to die, defending this entrance. >> could former president trump be subpoenaed? what a key lawmaker is saying this morning. >>> and consumer alert. the back to school shopping nightmare from items in short supply to sky high prices to a new warning about scams online. what you need to know to save money and time. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we'll get to that breaking news about simone biles in a moment, but we begin with the cdc reversing course now saying vaccinated people in some areas should wear a mask indoors. >> it's all because of new evidence that shows even vaccinated people can transmit the delta variant of the coronavirus. and now a

it's not simone biles. to one of my closest friends who was an elite gymnast who is still a coach and knows a lot of the people there. i'll point out, harris, you raised the issue of dr. larry nassar.. he sexually abused more than 100 girls. this is simone biles first olympics since the scandal first broke. this is her first olympics since then. a lot of pressure on her which she has voiced. maybe some post traumatic stress. i throw that out there. they're very isolated in tokyo. she doesn't have her support system there. by the way, she did this before. this is -- she had a learning experience. ghago, simone biles was competing in -- in a domestic meet in 2013. she fell. she hurt her ankle. she tried to push on. it was her coach at the time said, you need to stop competing. you know why? because in this sport, at the level at which simone biles competes, which is head and shoulder as above everybody else in terms of her skills and what she's doing in these various events and on each individual apparatus, i

s chances for a medal in the all around white house simone biles? >> jade carey is going to replace biles in the all around. suni lee has a chance at a silver m teammates. >> tom llamas, thanks. >>> i spent some time visiting the swimming venue earlier today where first impressions can be deceiving. from the outside, the tokyo aquatic center almost looks abandoned. there are no lines of ticketholders ready to see events. it almost has the feel of a monument to an olympics that never was. but don't tell that to the swimmers, especially team usa who are rocking this house. >> ledecky is looking so good right now. >> reporter: katie ledecky has done what she came here to do. >> the greatest female swimmer of all time, katie ledecky to the wall, who will win gold. and here comes 20-year-old erica sullivan to pick up the silver. >> reporter: not just gold, but this the 1500 meter, a race only swam by men until this olympics. you did it. >> yeah. >> this was a race you fought for. >> it's amazing to go one, two for the first ever women's. couldn't have gon

or even if they are one of the greatest of all time, like simone biles.t from fellow gymnasts. emily giambalvo tweeted. .. and dominique moceanu — who was an olympic gold medal gymnast atjust age 14 in 1996 replied... get worse with stress". and here's wendy hilliard — another former gymnast for the us national team. especially in gymnastics, it could be a dangerous thing when you're not focused on your movement. a lapse in judgment could result in a serious injury, or more. so we've always been aware, athletes have always been aware, athletes have always been aware, athletes have always been aware that the mental part of sport is externally important. i don't think the general public understands that because theyjust look at athletes as being strong and can take anything. but we don't know how it's been mentally. and they can do more, people can always do more. the most important thing is to realise how critical it is to support and to show as much support as you can for the athletes. well someone who knows a bit of what simone has gone through is amy ti

carrie strug tweeting, sending love to you, simone biles. fellow olympian adam rippon, i can't imagine the pressure simone has been feeling, sending her so much love. it's easy to forget she's still human. we love you. tennis star coco gauff, we love you and we are with you, simone biles. go, team usa. that's "nightline." you can watch all our full episodes on e,ornture, reommu. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research shows people who take hiv treatment as prescribed and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit hiv through sex. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you take dofetilide. taking dovato with dofetilide can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. hepatitis b can become ha

will simone biles compete in the individual all around.olympic champion from 2016 trying to become the first woman to repeat as olympic champion since 1968 sue moss. >> andrew, thank you so much for that report. all right. more sports peck here on us soil. the giants. but the giants right rising. everybody best record in baseball they've a big serious starting tonight. do they ever cried for sports reporter kate rooney. she's live at oracle park. is the jazz get ready to take on the dreaded dodgers gate. >> the dreaded dodgers familiar foe biggest division rival after the second time in 2 weeks. san francisco is set to take on los angeles. now, last time. for the san francisco. they won 3 games in l a and tonight there will hopefully be no shortage of the drama that we saw last time in los angeles. 3 of the 4 games in that series came down to the 9th inning thrilling plays that that really emblematic of the tension in this series. there is a lot at stake right now. the dodgers are just 2 games behind the giants in the division standings. s

it is really interesting, this removal from simone biles. removing herself from simone biles. she was being tipped to go back to back with goals in the all—around event and that hasn't been done since 1968 and that hasn't been done since 1968 and it is wide open now because simone biles is so far ahead of the other competitors and you do have to look at brazil's rebecca, she finished second highest in qualifying for this. she is a really interesting story. she has ruptured her acl three times, she has had desperate look with injuries. she competed in her home games and she is here on her own because her team is here on her own because her team is not qualified, surreal opportunity for her to potentially get an olympic gold medal and they'll be a great story for her herself would also be a great story for brazil. they never won this event and they've never got a gold medal in this event and so they'll be a historic moment. if you look at the americans was of a strong members and the team. 0ne the americans was of a strong members and the team. one of the members and the team. o

but simone biles is the goat for a reason.ngle all around competition that she is enter going back to 2000, 13. she has won. so she's not competing tonight here in tokyo. the question now is as you asked, will she compete in the individual events next week. at this point. i think all signs are leaning towards. no, but only she would have the answer to that question. >> let's start with this question. how is she doing? knowing that mental health is not something we hear about often with athletes pulling out from games or competition. we know how she's doing. >> well. we know that she needs the rest that we know that her teammates and really everyone back in the united states is behind her usa gymnastics put out a statement that says we support simone biles. you've seen countless athletes in so many sports out there and not even just athletes celebrities business moguls. they're all coming out in support of simone biles saying, look, mental health is a real thing that needs to be addressed and we need to find ways. you know, as

simone biles pulling out of another competition in tokyo r but is receiving a lot of public support for her decision. more on biles and the strong showing of support by other u.s. athletes at these games. hi, liz. >> janelle, the women's gymnastics final, that all around competition, is coming up in just a few hours. medal contender sunni lee will be competing for the u.s. and jade carrie, who ranked nine in the qualifiers will be replacing simone biles. she will be a missing competitor in this event. and this is the second event that she's sitting out on here at this olympics. >> u.s. gymnastics superstar simone biles will not defend her all-around title, announcing she's dropping out of the competition to focus on her mental well being. the decision comes just a day after she withdrew from the team final. her teammates saying biles' health and safety are the top priority. >> she's going to take it day by day. >> we support her. >> like i said, we support her. >> reporter: tough decisions for biles that have been met with an overwhelmingly positive response. usa gymnastics saying in a

simone biles out of the women's olympic gymnastics team final in tokyo.es competed in the team usa's first rotation on the vault and then seen walking off the floor with her bag and a trainer. her coach just said she's not out due to a physical injury, rather mental health issue. raj mathai will have more. >>> in surf side, florida, they believe all victims of the deadly condo attack have been accounted for. 99 people died in that collapse. for a solid month miami-dade fire crews and other first responder groups came to surf side to locate victims. workers sifted through huge piles of rubbish just looking for the remains of the victim. the miami-dade mayor called the collapse the largest non-hurricane related response in the history of florida. >>> one of the candidates seeking to replace governor gavin newsom will appear today in the bay area. former san diego mayor kevin faulconer will speak this morning in san francisco. here is where he stands compared to one of the other recall contenders. conservative talk show host larry elder leading with 16% supp

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one of the things simone biles said after what she did not trust herself anymore.ave seen gymnasts come out about this phenomenon, the twisties, when they are going up to do whatever they are trying to do, their body will not do it. when you are leaping into the air -- she is an athlete -- she cannot trust her body. it is an interesting -- in the process of her trying to compete, that she is not trusting her mind and body are connected. laura: you said people are talkin about mental health, including katie ledecky. what has she been saying? reporter: you will know the pressure katie ledecky was under. she is a brilliant swimmer, she was picked for so many gold medals. she was picked metal. , could see her reaction. she spoke about the pressure she was under, the fact she is one of the faces of the games, everyone is talking about her, the fact that she would win every single gold. the pressure she put yourself under, the external. she did not want to put yourself in simone biles' choose but said she understood. that is what we are seeing. michael phelps, naomi osak

mental training expert, robert andrews, on the simone biles' situation. first, nbc's tom llamas live from the gymnastics arena in tokyo. tom, how is biles doing? >> well, shep, we know she is taking all of this, day by day but she is keeping us guessing just last night, she was actually here in the ariaki gymnastics center cheering on the men in their all-around final. now, this is a surprise because she is dealing with so much right now. the entire world is focused on her. and yet, she takes the time out to come back here where that incident happened on the vault to cheer on her fellow teammates. tonight, the women's all around final. this is the event she just recently pulled out of and it's one that she won in rio, four years ago. she won the gold medal so she would have been the defending champion here. jade carey from team usa is now replacing her. she will compete tonight, along with suni lee. now, suni lee qualified and she was ranked third so she has a very good shot at a medal tonight. and i got to tell you, shep, i won't be surprised if simone bi

olympian gymnast simone biles pulls out of another event to focus on her mental health. and gold medalist dominique dawes joins me to talk about how important biles' decisions have been and how they can affect sports going forward. first, let's get a quick check of the market before trading closes for the day. the s&p 500 turned hour after the federal reserve chairman jerome powell sailed substantial economic improve is needed for the central bank to start dialing back its easy monetary policies. the dow has dipped throughout the day. we'll see what happens in the next couple of minutes. you're watching msnbc. e next couple of minutes you're watching msnbc. it's a thirteen-hour flight, that's not a weekend trip. fifteen minutes until we board. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobile app so you can quickly check the markets? yeah, actually i'm taking one last look at my dashboard before we board. excellent. and you have thinkorswim mobile- -so i can finish analyzing the risk on this position. you two are all set. have a great flight. thanks. we

truly do feel like i have the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. >> the pressure on simone bilesxtraordinary. the most-watched athlete here. the best-known athlete here. the expectations are so high. >> reporter: biles says she knew she couldn't go on after getting lost in midair on her vault. gymnasts like karina, a high schooler who's committed to the d-1 university of iowa, calls it the twisties. >> getting lost in the air is so scary, it feels like your mind is separate from your body. like your body is twisting in the air but you mind couldn'tdo know where you are. you could land on your head, you could get concussion. >> reporter: jason bauer is the director of head over heels and has been in gymnastics nearly three decades. he says watching biles, he knew something was wrong. >> when they came off the vault table, every gymnast in the world who's done that vault knows she was love. >> how dangerous is it for a gymnast to be lost in midair? >> incredibly. they're defying physics. you're going sometimes upwards of 15 feet in the air, moving at high milledge per hour. twistin

it was really amazing as all eyes were on the american superstar simone biles.e was doing and was unhappy with it. afterwards she left the arena for a while and we were wondering what was going on. she did reappear and did seem to have her armed guards on what suggesting she would take part in the next event but however we send out a statement from the us gymnastics saying she would not compete in the rest of the event. now she has been afterwards since then, saying she needed to protect her mental health and she did not quite feel at the races within her performance and the fall and wanted to protect yourself and i think it's a really interesting discussion point for sports and athletes of the moment because we are so used to hearing about athletes getting their physical injuries but this was something that the mobile said is more prevalent in sport now and that she really wanted to protect her mind and it was important to remember that they may be superstar athletes with that they are people athletes with that they are people at the end of the day. from one st

scenes without the lights and cameras jordan and grace fresh off the team silver medal asked about simone biles and own dealings with pressure and mental health. >> we are human. we are not just athletes. we have things to deal with at home or even in our daily lives. >> reporter: biles officially pulled out of thursday's alm around individual competition but the door remains open for other individual events. this issue not about sport but mindfulness. >> i say put mental health first because if you don't then you're not going to enjoy the sport and succeed as much as you want to so it's okay to sit out the big competition to focus on yourself to show how strong of a competitor and person that you are. >> reporter: the strength on full display. the golden glow of olympic success fades away. in its place the expectations from fans. the unfiltered comments on social media and the international media. tracking her every move. >> we are just a little bit too stressed out but we should be out here having fun and sometimes that's not the case. >> reporter: we can all learn from that. biles today had

>> reporter: simone biles.stics' biggest and brightest star with a shot at a record-setting six gold medals and a chance to add another spectacular skill to her game. but the athlete finally came down to earth. >> wow. >> it's been a long week. it's been a long olympic process. it's been a long year. >> reporter: simone withdrawing from her sport's biggest stage citing her mental health. >> it's okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are rather than to battle through it. >> reporter: the gymnastics great just the latest athlete to bring mental health to the forefront. tennis phenom naomi osaka who lit the cauldron and was eliminated from competition tuesday famously pulled out of the french open this year revealing her struggles with depression and anxiety. >> i think the amount of attention i get is kind of ridiculous. no one prepares you for that. >> reporter: nba star kevin love opened up about his strugg

simone biles out of the team competition. team usa, though, will continue to try to win a medal without her. we don't know her status for the individual competition. we'll learn that, we presume, in the next couple hours. from that big breaking news story to something a lot more positive, something people are smiling about. in the swimming pool and this another one of the big storylines. it's not just in the bay area, not just here in tokyo, this story is in alaska. yes, the breaststroke, the new sensation, 17-year-old lydia jacoby. look at the reaction as everyone watched her race. this was in seward, alaska. this is a magical moment. you can't help but smile. lydia jacoby was here with us behind the scenes. keep in mind, she is still in high school getting ready for her senior year. she brought her gold medal with her and she told me about all her friends back home cheering her on in alaska. >> it was just amazing. those are all people in front of the videos some of my best friends, and just to see them so happy for me mean

new overnight, simone biles pulling herself out of one of her strongest and most anticipated event finals, the vault along with the uneven bars. no word if biles will compete on the floor exercise and balance beam. usa gymnastics saying she's still being evaluated and praised her for handling the situation with courage and grace and biles revealing on instagram earlier this week revealing that her air awareness is off experiencing the twisties writing for anyone saying i quit i didn't quit. my mind and body are simply not in sync, posting this video showing her land hard on her back. mykayla skinner who thought her competition time in tokyo was over is now replacing biles in the vault finals. the drama coming as team usa smashes records in the pool. caeleb dressel taking home the gold setting a world record in the men's 100-meter butterfly. and katie ledecky winning her tenth medal, a gold in the 800-meter freestyle for a three-peat. >> megan rapinoe into the cop top corner and the usa wins 4-2 on penalties. >> reporter: and megan rapinoe the u.s. women's soccer team defeating the netherl

now we're learning wh we're used to seeing simone biles pull off t history, simone biles. >> reporter: but the u.s. gymnastics phenom doing something she has never done on tuesday, suddenly withdrawing from team finals in tokyo after a rare stumble on the vault. >> i didn't want to risk the team a medal for my screw ups because they worked way too hard for that. >> it's very hard for anyone who has reached her level to be able to compete and to be able to neutralize those thoughts and so i think it's an added stress for her and the greatest -- >> i say put mental health first because if you don't then you're not going to enjoy your sport and you're not going to succeed as much as you want to. >> reprter: team u.s.a. going on to win silver behind russia's gold, the bail out from biles coming on the heels of naomi osaka's withdrawal from the french open to prioritize her mental health. >> it's a turning point, a positive one, where younger, brave people, are saying, hey, we need to pay attention to what counts. >> reporter: this morning fellow olympians rallying around the b. former tea

another bombshell from simone biles.'s withdrawing from the individual all around competition to focus on her mental health. >> usa gymnastics saying they support her decision wholeheartedly. many are wondering what's next for the olympian. let's get right to amy robach who's live in tokyo with the latest. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, michael. yes, overnight, simone biles withdrawing from yet another olympic event, this time the individual all around final which is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning. it's an event she won gold in back in 2016 if you'll remember, and this of course comes after she stunned the world after dropping out yesterday. biles said she has decided to focus on her mental health. after a rocky performance on the vault tuesday, she told reporters she wasn't in the right mental state to compete and she didn't want to injure herself, and now she has four individual events that are scheduled for next week but right now it is unclear whether or not she will compete in th

she went on for several minutes talking about her concern and her friendship with simone biles and thee that she faces and that simone faces, and all the cameras right in their face, trying to perform coming back for another olympics. i really think we're seeing a story -- of course a human being that people are worried about -- and a story that is resonating throughout countries, throughout sports. simone biles is that important to people, and the issue, the issue of mental health with these athletes, it's truly resonating at these olympic games. >> this is on the heels of naomi osaka withdrawing, citing mental health. i want to play what michael phelps said this morning. he's become really outspoken about his mental health struggles. listen. >> this is an opportunity for us, all of us to really learn more about mental health. to all help each other out. for me, i want people to be able to have somebody ha can support them, who is non-judgmental and who is willing to hold space. there's a lot that we can do to help one another, and we have to start. we can't brush it under the rug --

simone biles, we love her.nk you, kavitha davidson and harry edwards. >> thank you so much for having me. >> reporter: thank you. >> woodruff: the air force's top officer is general c.q. brown, jr, the first and so far only black service chief in u.s. military history. nick schifrin sits down with general brown, and first looks at his history, and his priorities. >>hen i'm flying and put my helmet on, my visor down, my mask up, you don't know who i am. >> schifrin: it's an airorce recruiting ad, ad-libbed by its top officer. >> whether i'm african american, asian american, hispanic, white, male, or female-- you just know i'm an american airman, kicking your butt. >> schifrin: general c.q. brown jr became air force chief of staff in 2020, and one of his priorities-- diversifying the force. during last year's national disquiet following george floyd's deat he called out the military for the racism he experienced. >> i'm thinking about the pressure i felt to perform error-free, especially for supervisors i perceiv

particularly with the story about simone biles withdrawing for mental health reasons.id after which he had a conversation with simone biles because she was feeling the stress in the pressure of competing on their biggest stage and simone biles helped her be able to deal with that. what a great story for sunisa lee. she didn't think she had a chance of winning gold coming into this game such of the dominance of simone biles. however she found herself heading into the floor routine, the final and knowing that if she could pull off all of her moves she could potentially get gold. there is such american dominance in the sport in this event since 2000 and for, they have one old this event. a brilliant result for sunisa lee. you could see the tears afterwards. important to note for brazil's she came checking it silver in the she's really built up to these games with lots of injuries. she was delighted to get brazil's first olympic medal in the women's events. ~ . . olympic medal in the women's events. . ., ., ., ., events. what an emotional moment — events. what an emotional

simone biles is extraordinary.ho's competing -- or only gymnast that's competing in these olympics that was victimized by larry nassar. the only reason she decided to compete in this olympics is because, you know, there's a new crop of gymnasts. i think she takes her responsibility as an ambassador very seriously. so to think that some part of that would not weigh in on her or weigh on her is really -- it's asking a lot. and so in addition to the fact that simone biles essentially is the greatest gymnast ever, she is, she has done things so extraordinary that they can't even really figure out how to score her. that's how good that she is. so to act as if simone biles owed us anything is crazy. this woman has given this sport everything. even when the powers that be enabled somebody to violate her, she still gave it her all. so for people to question how mentally tough she is, i find that to be disgusting. >> paul, i wanted to talk to you about this as well. i want to read you a tweet from martin dempsey that caught

is still dominant in gymnastics even without simone biles?nitely a reminder to the world of the strength of u.s. women's gymnastics. i think it's also interesting, isn't it, that simone biles has dominated so much over the years that effectively other women gymnastics have been competing for silver and bronze. you saw other competitors, not just suni lee, really step up because the potential for a gold medal was there. such an accomplishment for suni lee and the asian-americans. you have the dominance of simone biles in recent history. >> swimmer ryan murphy has won gold for the backstroke. >> reporter: it's interesting, isn't it. you can see the russians still competing here despite the ban under the roc, russian olympic committee banner, if you like, not the flag. it's kind of a head scratcher. the principle is this. is it fair to penalize individual russian athletes for the reputation of their country? that being said, it's also -- i mean, having the controversy is also a spotlight on just how damaging and devastating those accusations wer

when you think of simone biles, you think of her being a global superstar. said she has to remember that they are just people at the end of the day. laura: there was a shock defeat in women's tennis. how is japan dealing with the exit of naomi osaka, someone was also talk about mental health? reporter:reporter: she pulled out of the french open a couple of months ago. she has stepped away for the last couple of months. this was a return to competition. she looked good, but yesterday she had errors. she lit the flame, is the face of the games. that was a big shock. i think maybe, later on, we ha to softball final between japan and the usa. they upset the usa. i think perhaps that will take the attention away from tammy osaka. -- naomi a soccer. laura: what about swimming, where a teenager from alaska struck gold? reporter: it was a wonderful story. she could not quite believe she had won when she touched the wall. what is nice about the games are the celebratis. we know the public are not allowed to attend, but we are seeing an awful lot of social media. we s

simone biles pulled out of the u.s.tics final after a rare mistake in the opening vault. initially there was talk of an injured ankle but following the event she confirmed she was not physically injured, only suffering an injury to her pride, and it was mental health concerns that made her pull out. she began by saying today has been stressful. we had a workout this morning, it went ok. then that 5.5-hour wait, i was shaking. i have never felt like this going into a competition before. mentally, i am not the so i just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself. she went on to say, at the end of the day, i have to do what is right for me. it just sucks that it happened at the olympic games. for more, here is the sports reporter for the washington post. >> she comes in with so much pressure from so many directions, bearing the mantle of america's sweetheart, the star of the olympic games. she comes in as the big hope for gymnastics. she also comes in as someone who survived the usa gymnastics abuse scandal. she was a