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It has been an emotional week for team usa gymnastics. late yesterday, the group announced that simone biles will not compete in two of her four individual competitions. the vault and the uneven bars. the 24-year-old gymnast was a heavy favorite for the vault going into the games, the final going into the games, but she has struggled during her time in tokyo. miss biles explained on instagram that she has been dealing with something called the twisties. its a kind of mental block, where gymnasts...

It has been an emotional week for team usa gymnastics. late yesterday, the group announced that simone biles will not compete in two of her four individual competitions. the vault and the uneven bars. the 24-year-old gymnast was a heavy favorite for the vault going into the games, the final going into the games, but she has struggled during her time in tokyo. ms. biles explained on instagram that she has been dealing with something called the twisties. its a kind of mental block where gymnasts l...

We need to change the culture. she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders and many times that will manifest itself as a mental block and today they call it the twisties. >> let me play a little bit of what we heard from simone earlier this week about this decision to withdraw. lets take a listen to this together. >> its been stressful, this olympic games, just as a whole, not having an audience, there are a lot of different variables. its been a long week, its been a long olympic proce...

The russian olympic committee, japan, brittain rounding out the top five. and gymnast simone biles is out of tomorrows vault and uneven parallel bars finals. the six-time olympic medallist widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time withdrew from competition tuesday and sat out thursdays all-around final. she has said on social media shes dealing with whats known as the twisties. and joining me now is dominique dawes, herself a 1996 olympic gold medalist and the first african-american to ...

This is bbc news, the headlines: the usjustice department has ruled that the tax returns of former president donald trump must be handed over to a congressional committee. unlike other recent presidents, mr trump had resisted the demand that he surrender his tax records, and the justice department had backed him while he was in office. covid—19 has critically affected pregnant women in brazil, with more than 16 hundred deaths. one in five women that died from the virus didnt have access to an ...

This is bbc news, the headlines: the usjustice department has ruled that the tax returns of former president donald trump must be handed over to a congressional committee. unlike other recent presidents, mr trump had resisted the demand that he surrender his tax records, and the justice department had backed him while he was in office. covid—19 has critically affected pregnant women in brazil, with more than 1,600 deaths. one in five women that died from the virus didnt have access to an inten...

U.s. gymnastics star simone biles wont compete for the gold in the two individual events scheduled for tomorrow in tokyo. biles withdrew herself earlier this week from competition because of concerns with her mental health. she later admitted she had been struggling with the twisties. its a mental block where gymnasts lose track of their position in midair. it can be dangerous. usa gymnastics says that biles continues to be evaluated to figure out if she can compete in any events on monday or tu...

To reach the final, where hell face the russian karen khachanov. zverev could barely believe what hed done. for djokovic, the wait for an olympic gold medal goes on, but he can still win the calendar slam if he lifts the us open title in september. time now for a look at some of the other stories from the olympics today. simone biles has raised fresh doubts over her participation in her remaining olympic finals. the us gymnast is due to compete in all four individual apparatus finals, but in a s...

Rapinoe made the winning kick during that penalty shootout that allowed them to beat the netherlands 4-2. it has been a rocky ride but they are rebounding now. >> okay, lets talk about simone biles. so, she posted these practice videos on her instagram page. do we know if that means that shell compete? >> reporter: we still dont know if shes going to compete in these individual events that start on sunday, but she said in these videos that she is still dealing with this mental block that gymnast...

Watching simone biles, no one is there to help, theres no family or friends in the stands. its a lot for this young 24-year-old, and lets not forget about how outspoken shes been about how the culture of gymnastics needs to change. shes the only survivor of the larry nassar scandal left on the floor. >> its even beyond that. what she has to do, if she messes up, it can cause serious injury. its easy for people to understand a physical injury. but she has a mental block happening, its a called th...