Page 122 - Simone News Today

Helping me explain the twists here. >> that is all right. >> how do you deal with that. what kind of support is their mental when you get where you needed to take care of that? >> for me, i did. my coaches were very understanding. we had the time. i wasnt in competition, in competition mode. i had the soft landings. its like when youre in the competition setting, you dont have all of the big stop, that you dont have a pit foam to london. i had the time to be able to go back and re-learn it, time...

Im just so excited. >> shot putter raven saunders ron her medal. and then raised herb arms in protest on the medal stand. >> it represents the intersection where it was my duty and right to speak up. >> u.s. olympic officials say she didnt break any of their rules, but the ioc says theyre looking into whether she violated theirs. and after this incredible moment on sunday, high jumpers from qatar and italy, close friends, agreeing to share gold. tonight they received their medals together, placi...

Before making that decision. >> i say put mental health first, because if you dont, then youre not going to enjoy your sport and youre not going to succeed as much as you want to. so its okay sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself, because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are. >> amen to that. u.s. gymnastics applauded biles decision in a statement, saying, quote, we remain in awe of simone. biles is the most decorated gymnast of all tim...

That same sense of ally-ship and apply it to their own, lived experience? >> yes, i love that question, so much. i talked to 400-meter hurdler anna right before the games and she said one of the things she wants people to know is like when she moves through the world, people dont say, oh, youre olympian. they see her as a black woman, which is why its so important to understand that this pedestal that they know theyre on and that light thats shining there is something magnified across multiple i...

Here are the two battling to the line and allyson felix... simone manuels above her trying to fight on, and above simone... getting an opportunity to show her stuff. nonstop, displayed at the highest performance level... finding something and the us takes gold! ♪ dream on ♪ ♪ dream on ♪ ♪ dream on ♪ ♪ dream on ♪ - yes! ♪ ahhhhhhh ♪ ♪ dream until your dreams come true ♪ on january 6th, for the first time, i was more afraid to work at the capitol than in my entire deploym...

Individual finals for vault and uneven bars after explaining shes battling the twisties. its a frightening condition for gymnasts that causes them to be disoriented and lose track of position midair. biles posting videos she later deleted of what she was going through. you can see that shes unable to land any of her dismounts during practice on the uneven bars and you hear her frustration. at this point, it remains unclear if biles is going to compete in the two remaining individual events. the ...

Ultimately made the choice that carrie and dominique could not? >> i had not spoken to any of them directly about that situation. the gymnastics coaches for listening as an athlete and for me personally, i had a great support system in my coach and my parents even reminding me every single day, youre not a gymnast. gymnastics is what you do. so that really helped me handle pressure and also remember i had a confident voice to share what i was feeling. i had a vault i was very scared of as a gymn...

Which she could compete. womens floor final is monday. beam final is tuesday. she will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether to compete in the finals for floor exercise and balance beam. we remain in awe of simone who continues to handle this situation with courage and grace and all the athletes who have stepped up during these unexpected circumstances, unquote. this likely will be the last time we ever see the greatest of all time competing in an olympic games. the world is waitin...

That they know theyre on and that light thats shining there is something magnified across multiple industries. and -- and its experienced that so many black women are resonating with, which is what you are hearing, right, on the talk show you just showed a clip of. that feeling of conditional acceptance if you are laboring and entertaining and pleasing and carrying the load. but that, it goes because theres intense scrutiny on you. and i think that -- that -- that empathy that were seeing now fo...

Tell up from down and i have no idea where im going to land or how im going to land. the 24-year-old said when shes had the twisties in the past, its taken two or more weeks for them to go away, robyn. biles would be have the final on monday and beam final on tuesday. usa gymnastics released a statement saying in part, she will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether she can compete on floor and balance beam. we remain until awe of simone who continues to handle this situation with c...