>>reporter: tracy considered ben, her three-year-old golden doodle, a member of the family. last month when they went on vacation, she boarded him at the kennel place that several times before. when she came to pick him up, he was in such bad shape that she didn't even recognize him. >>woman: i kept saying it's not ben. as he got closer, my daughter said he's bleeding. >>reporter: they said he was bitten more than 400 times. >>woman: there were bites all over his head. from the top of his head to the bottom of his tail. surgery, that estimated at least 8 hours had passed after the dog fight to the treatment. >>man: it clearly was several hours that passed after the attack. it's likely, certainly possible, that the dog that was attacked, could've survived, had the operator of the kennel been more attentive. >>reporter: on tuesday, the town shut down the kennel and the owner is facing animal cruelty charges. >>woman: it gives me a relief that this won't happen to somebody else's dog at this kennel. >>reporter: next monday, the town will hold a meeting to vote whether or not th

ben tracy is in rio. >> reporter: consider this, the gymnastics team has won the team gold three times in the history of the olympics two times in t used to be dominated by eastern europeans and part of the secret to the u.s. success, is a couple of eastern europeans this was a sweet repeat. this was a sweet repeat. the u.s. women grab gold by flipping faster and swinging stronger than any other team. raisman, laurie hernandez have made it easy to forget that not so long ago, u.s. women's gymnastics was not so good. >> we didn't understand. >> shannon miller was one of the magnificent seven. the 1996 olympic team. >> seven gold medals. >> reporter: became the first u.s. women's team to win gold. >> they have been rebuilding this program under martha karolyi, for 16 years. this is kind of the fruits of the labor. to bela karolyi, the man who coached mary lou retton to gold in 129 -- in 1984, and carried keri strug after she stuck her vault on a badly injured ankle. over three decade the two romanians who defected from their country under communist control brought an eastern european men

the young women are dominating a sport in which americans were once considered an after-thought. ben tracy is in rio to tell us how the team became such a powerful force. good morning again, ben. >> reporter: good morning again. consider this. the u.s. women's gymnastics team has won the team gold three olympics and two of those times are in just the past four years. they are on top of a sport that used to be dominated by eastern europeans and part of the secret to the u.s. success is a couple of eastern europeans. ? >> reporter: this was a sweet repeat. the u.s. women grabbed gold by flipping faster and swinging stronger than any simone biles and gabby douglas and aly raisman and laurie hernandez and madison kocian made it easy to forget that not so long ago, u.s. wems women's nas gymnastics was not so good. shannon miller was one of the magnificent seven. 1976 olympic team that became the first u.s. women's team to win gold. program under marriage karolyi the last 16 years and this is kind of the fruits of that labor. >> reporter: 73-year-old martha is married to bela karolyi, the man wh

title last night, the young women are dominating a sport in which americans were once considered an afterthought. ben tracy is in rio to tell us how the team became a powerful force. good morning again. >> reporter: good morning again. consider this, the u.s. women's gymnastic team won team gold three times in the history of they're on top of a sport used to. dominated by eastern europeans and part of the secret to the u.s. success is a couple of eastern europeans. ? this was a sweet repeat. the u.s. women grabbed gold by flipping faster and swinging stronger than any other team. simone biles, gabby raism raisman, lori hernandez and madison cosman made it easy to forget not so long ago u.s. women's gymnastics was not so good. >> we didn't understand the history we were making. >> shannon miller was one of the magnificent seven, the 1996 olympic team had became the first u.s. women's team to win gold. >> they have been rebuilding the last six years. >> she's married to the man who coached mary lou retton to gold and carried carrie strug after she stuck her vault on a badly injured ankle at the '96 games. ov