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One of several gymnasts to send video or written messages, Mary Lou Retton noted, “You are truly missed. Dianne was about living life to the fullest. That’s what she always

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci made history at the 1976 Olympics by earning the first-ever perfect score of “10” for her performance in the uneven bars competition. It is now legend that the scoreboard that day lacked the technical capacity to display the number because a perfect score was considered unattainable—it lit up “1.00.” Comaneci racked up six additional perfect 10s, emerging as the darling...

The team gymnastics finals, citing her mental health. five-time gold medalist nadia comaneci and two-time gold medalist bart conner are going to weigh in after this. >> i just felt like it would be a little better to take a back seat, work on my mindfulness. and i knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job, and i didnt want to risk the team a medal for kind of my screw-ups because theyve worked way too hard for that.

Heavier the backpack is. so you kind of have to be prepared that youre going to be hit from all directions on everything you do. so i did make a major mistake in moscow olympics, on my second olympics, and the at the time i did it in a preliminary, and i had to carry the scores all the way to the end. now when you qualify, you start from zero, so you have a new life. so, yeah, that is a lot of pressure because you want to do your best. but i think its important to remind yourself that you want t...

All the generation thats thinking of doing gymnastics right now. >> nadia and bart, its always a pleasure to have you on. hope to have you back to continue to talk about the olympics and more. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, don. >> thank you. eight people dead, three different shootings, and now a prison sentence. we have all the details on the georgia spa shooting next.

Team usa gymnastics superstar simone biles making the stunning decision to withdraw from the womens team gymnastics final at the tokyo 2020 olympics. biles citing mental health concerns as the reason for taking herself out of the competition. >> that 5 1/2 hour wait or something, i was just like shaking, could barely nap. ive just never felt like this going into a competition before. once i came out here, i was like, no. mental is not there. so i just need to let the girls do it and focus on mys...

Olympic experience, but nothing is ideal in a pandemic. we feel like we can control the athletes and our safety better in a hotel setting. aside from just the experience of this being wildly different, do you think everything going on can affect the athletes 30 performance? >> i do respect the experience, and to tell you the truth, i have never been to the opening ceremony in my olympics. because the gymnastics starts the next day, and our coaches said they didnt feel it was right to be on our f...

So right now, i just want to show everyone. look how beautiful the white house is tonight. what a beautiful residence, right? all lit up in red, white and blue in support of team u.s. at the tokyo olympics. the white house says, the entire nation cheers on our team. these games will be like no other. no other games. taking place in the worldwide covid pandemic. my next games know all about the olympic games, nad ia comaneci and bart conner. a lot of people would say nadia comaneci. thank you bot...

Officially, underway. but these games will be like no other, right? no other games. taking place during the worldwide pandemic, covid pandemic. my next guests know all about the olympic experience. lets put them up. nadia comaneci is a five-time olympic gold medalist and bart conner is a two-time olympic gold medalist. we used to hear people all the time. the reason i did that, nadia, because some people would say nadia comaneci! thank you, both, for joining, tonight. really, really, really spec...

We are not that far apart in age but i have to say, you guys look amazing. so again, and -- you know, bart, dont mess it up. gorgeous woman. >> a handstand a day. >> thank you, guys. its a pleasure. be well and i hope youll come back to see us, soon. you guys, take care. >> you, too. bye. >> thank you so much. bye-bye. so ahead of the upcoming football season, the nfl is pushing to get players and team-staff members vaccinated you but not everyone wants to. here is cnns omar jimenez. >> report...