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The athlete who is fully vaccinated and a fellow alternate had been placed under quarantine. a federal judge has denied a bid by eight indiana university students to block the schools vaccine mandate for the upcoming fall semester. students are given mandate violates the 14th amendment guaranteeing equal protection. the judge ruled "the balance of harms in the public interest favor the university." we will keep checking the case. fears over the spread of the delta variant appeared to spook wall ...

Quarantining at a hotel. >> as a parent you feel helpless to do anything except keep her spirits up and hug the heck out of her when she gets back. >> reporter: confirming the fellow alternate on the gymnastics team is also in isolation, shes tested negative. the alternates had been training in the same facility as the six athletes who will compete here, including simone biles. usa gymnastics said the groups were kept separate and protocols were in place. i visited the new gymnastics center wher...

Covid. 21 of their fellow teammates are now considered close contacts and the way the rules work, they have to test negative up to six hours before their first game, and the opponents who play them have to be comfortable playing them. so another team could potentially say we dont want to play them. just imagine the chaos that that might cause. that is affecting soccer, but as we get closer to the competition, youre going to have this likelihood of covid affecting the games themselves. >> steph, ...

Longer be in the village. again, we do not know who it s but thats what our reporting is with usa today and obviously were on top of this story here in tokyo. >> of course, you are. as were looking at this develop, christine, you know how closely when it comes to training, when it comes to living that these athletes would be. so, as john called it a cascading problem, if one of these gymnasts has coronavirus, what will the protocol be for the teammates presumably all of them or at least some of ...

And isolated her by herself in her hotel room, and shes under quarantine. >> reporter: now, she along with a close contact, another alternate on the team are isolating. i spoke to usa gymnastics who said the alternates as well as the olympic competitors have been training separately, and that the olympic competitors are going to continue with training and preparations. that has not been disrupted. and this adds to the growing list of covid cases licnked to the games. officials have been playing ...

Competition. now you have this terrible news that a member of the team has tested positive. the team is made up of six gymnasts who have been chosen to compete and four alternates. one of the alternates has tested positive. she is going to be isolated at a medical facility. another athlete is going to be going through additional quarantine measures. we know that the alternate is a teenager. they are young, the family has to be concerned and reminder the athletes who are preparing and training fo...

Thats a lot more than were seeing in the united states, in a country that is a fraction of our size. >> steve, thank you. >> and authorities had feared this in the tokyo olympics. a member of the u.s. gymnastics team testing positive, as well as coco gauff. and inside the olympic bubble, at least 61 people have now tested positive for the virus. james longman from tokyo tonight. >> reporter: tonight, covid-19 defeating some olympic athletes before theyve even had a chance to compete. heartbreak ...

Already delayed by an entire year, now struggling with what it means to hold an international competition during a global pandemic. kansas city gymnast cara iker is the u.s. team alternate who tested positive for the virus according to our affiliate kshb. nbc news correspondent tom llamas is in tokyo for us. >> reporter: hey, geoff, were following the breaking news out of tokyo. the alternate on the u.s. gymnastics team testing positive. another alternate is being monitored, also in isolation, u...

Commercial for cannabis. they say it decreases anxiety, fear and depression. it helps athletes overcome traumatic events. theres been back lash calling that policy hypocritical. im curious why you think u.s. track and field is taking such a stance after she finishes that suspension. >> the main reason is it is following the rules as they exist today. even in response and in their announcement that shacarri would not be part of the relay team which was not entirely unexpected. her results were wi...

Listen, back to the congresswomans tweet that you mentioned at the beginning where this mayor should go to china. all joking aside, actually, he should talk to the people of hong kong. when i was a state department spokesperson, the first summer we saw the protests in hong kong because freedom and democracy were being taken away. one day i looked, we saw the people of hong kong holding american flags. to them thats what democracy meant. thats what freedom meant. so for this mayor, i have visuals...