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All time jumps, flipped, and twisted her way to the overall title. and she finished first in the vault, floor routine, and balance beam. it was her first meet since dropping out of the tokyo olympics in 2021 with the case of the twisties. thats a mental block that can happen in the middle of the gymnast routine. next up, and the national championships later this month and perhaps the paris olympics in 2024. and that is tonights "cbs evening news." for norah odonnell, i am major garrett. good nig...

Girls screaming all day long here, just waiting, waiting on simone. and folks are so excited, in fact that they sold out every single seat. 7,200 of them. all of them here to witness the greatest of all-time back in action. and this meet is so important because it is the last chance to qualify for the u.s. nationals in san jose and then later on in the fall for the world championships. and all that leading, of course, to the olympics. biles has been registered for all four events, and people kee...

After suffering a mental block. saturday, there were no signs of the dreaded twisties, the disorienting condition that causes gymnastics to lose track of their position in midair. a legal setback has not kept donald trump to continue to rail. special counsel jack smith wants a judge to set limits on what trumps legal team can do with evidence in the case. the judge denied their request to extend the deadline. trump taking aim at the special counsel. alayna treene has details. >> reporter: good...

The uneven bars, which is to be expected, even from the g.o.a.t. she calls that her weakest apparatus. i want you to take a look at this. this is her floor routine where she does a double layout with a half turn. that is named after her. this is the biles. and then, on vault, performing the most incredible double pike. this is something no female athlete has done before. this is widely considered the hardest womens vault in the world. and if she does this on an international stage, we are possib...

England return. five people have been arrested after a protest halted the mens road race at the cycling world championships in scotland. the event was paused with just over 118 miles of the 168—mile race remaining, with the edinburgh to glasgow route blocked. it was reported that protesters glued themselves to the road. the race was paused for about 50 minutes before restarting. and simone biles has made a spectacular return to gymnastics after a two—year break which she said she needed for ...

You know, we are a team that will battle and even when we havent played our best soccer. >> yes, so u.s. definitely going to need to play their best to beat a sweeten team. the swedes beat the u.s. in the past two olympic games. finally, simone biles set to make her much anticipated return to gymnastics just outside of chicago. shes not competed in the past two years after suffering a case of the twisties. twisties are a mental block that cause athletes to get lost in the air. biles looking li...

Past two olympic games. kickoff tomorrow. an early one again. 5:00 a.m. eastern. finally, simone biles set to make her much-anticipated return to gymnastics tonight. the core hydration classic just outside of chicago, biles has not competed in the past two years after surfering a case of the twisties at the tokyo games, the twisties are a mental block that cause athletes to get lost in the air. and looking like her dominant self yesterday in practice completing all of her signature moves, and ...

Olympics in 2021. she was suffering from what is called the twisties, now a mental block that causes athletes to get lost in the air. and im joined now by five-time olympic medalist, gymnast, good to be with you. thanks for waking up today with us. do you watch anything, did you watch anything yesterday, to see how she looks and your confidence of how she will be able to perform tonight? >> yes, absolutely, i have watched a lot of training footage and to be completely honest, its so baffling to ...

Competition tonight at the core hydration classic just outside of chicago. >> biles has not competed in the past two years after she suffered a case of the twisties at the tokyo games. the twisties are a mental block that causes athletes to lose control or get lost in the air. biles looked like her dominant self yesterday though in practice competing all of those signature moves. >> exciting. overnight, spain and japan advance to the quarterfinals at the womens world cup. japan will now face t...

Two years. she withdrew from all her events suffering from the twisties, a mental block where gymnasts cant tell whats up from down and ultimately she disappeared from the competitive world of gymnastics. now she is back and shes fans cannot wait. listen. >> what is your shirt say. >> simone freakin biles. >> the courage and the role model to come out and say, no, my mental health is more important. to be honest. >> i was so proud of her. >> when you heard that simone was coming back to the worl...