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>> usa! >> reporter: -- and dreams of their own. like 10-year-old analyse. only 2 when she started tumbling in a sport that traditionally didnt look much like her but now is more diverse than ever. do you think you could end up in the olympics? >> i want to. i was inspired by them. and they were like really good. that makes me want to be like them. >> reporter: shes following role models like dominique dawes. >> it does not get much better than that. >> reporter: the first african-american femal...

Comes together. >> reporter: the best example is on floor when she does her signature move, the biles. >> she does a roundoff to a back handspring, then flies in the air, she does two flips in a layout position which we call a double layout. right before shes about to land she does a half turn, so then shes forced to have what we call blind landing. >> reporter: behind the perfection is power. >> a power gymnast is somebody thats able to generate tremendous force with their legs. if youre more p...

Evening. nbcs miguel almaguer has more on an exciting day and an exciting night to come here. >> reporter: simone biles left little doubt from the beginning. >> i dont think theres anybody else that can do this vault like simone just did. >> reporter: the 49" gymnast standing tall, leaping to new heights. on the floor, the vault, the beam and the bars. tonight crowned the all-around olympic champ. for the americans, gold and silver. aly raisman springing to the podium, too. biles moments ago. >>...

Three-pointers to get back into it and round off the game of 98-88. i was sitting in the stadium alongside and that australian team came to play. there were few hairy moments. looking ahead to thursday. it will be the battle of the roommates. back in the pool with michael phelps and ryan lochte. they are sharing an amount in rio. it was michael phelps who had the bragging rights. he beat lochte in 1:55.78. can lochte claw back? we will have to see later on today. over in the gymnastics arena, an...

Another epic battle tonight, simone biles versus aly raisman. can they finish 1 and 2 in the womens gymnastics all-around finals. biles the heavy favorite, but raisman performing at her peak right now. i was talking to somebody in usa gymnastics and she told me you never take anything for granted. one bobble, one fall, the result could change. but these two are so good. so far ahead of anybody else. if theyre on their game, nobody can beat them but each other. team usa is in pursuit of the overa...

Meanwhile, in the gymnastics, we will see two others go head to let. aly raisman and simone biles in the womens all around team individual final. raisman is the more experienced. her second olympic games. lets not forget simone biles one of the biggest stars of the competition. she is looking to become the first gymnast to win five gold medals in one games. a lot of pressure on the ladies. everyone expecting them to be accurate in the arena. of course, the united states leading the medal tally a...

Gymnastics arena. two of the womens final five going up against each other in the all around team event. that will be aly raisman and simone biles. biles looking to be the first to win five gold medals in one olympic games. raisman is 22 years of age and she has, of course, competed in two olympic games. so spotless performances, i think, expected of both of them. and alison, i want to bring you one update on a greeni issue here. im talking about the swimming pool. you may have seen yesterday th...

Years against each other. but this might be their last olympic duel in a race that has defined their rivalry. phelps had the better time in the prelims, has won the last three olympic gold medals in the 200-meter im but lochte wins the record. and simone biles and aly raisman finished 1 and 2 in the gymnastics all-around finals. of biles is the reign world champion. raisman at her peak. she said you never take anything for granted. one bobble, one fall and results could change. and happy birth...

Karolyi and her already retired husband, bela, credited with leading so many american athletes to glory. in 1996, coaching kerri strug, who landed that heroic vault on an injured ankle. bela right there, carrying her to the podium. >> you have to come as close to perfection as possible. >> reporter: shell accept nothing less from the final five. one more team to cement her place in history. team members simone biles and aly raisman also compete against tomorrow night in individual events, and yo...

Change. all right, one more thing we have to see today. womens gymnastics, individual all around competition. and it will be the high-flying amazing simone biles and aly raisman representing in rio. theyve already won team gold, now theyll go against each other for individual honors. >> quite a night ahead of me, i love gymnastics. coy wire, thank you. a police officer in florida accidentally shoots and kills a woman during a demonstration. were await ago news conference where we can learn mor...