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Andy swiss, bbc news. now lets talk about simone biles, the superstar american gymnast who has pulled out of a succession of olympic finals there. but she is going to compete in one tomorrow? indeed. she is going to compete in the beam final. and that is great news for fans of gymnastics, because she obviously missed out from competing, trying to retain that olympic floor title tonight. yesterday, the vault came and went, because she has been suffering from what gymnasts call the twisties, she d...

Individual final on the balance beam. she most recently pulled out of this mornings events after bowing out of the team final, individual all around, vault, and uneven bars. with biles out of the competition. team competition jade carey is a top contender for gold in the floor event. meanwhile all around gold medalist suni lee earned bronze on the uneven bars yesterday and veteran gymnast mykayla skinner won silver for the vault, her very first. the track and field events also continue this morn...

Skinnard who thought she retired stepped up to win her first gold in vault. after breaking his own world record for gold in the 100 meter butter fly on saturday, caeleb dressel set a new record in his third individual gold medal of the games. he then joined the mens 4 by 100 medley relay team in a world record finish that sends the swimmer home with five gold medals from the tokyo olympics as the u.s. won the event for the 14th consecutive games. meanwhile, bobby finke charged in the final lengt...

Nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? simone biles will not defend herro olympic gold medal in floor exercise. u.s. gymnastics announced she has chosen to withdraw from tomorrows floor final. the four-time gold medallist had already pulled out of the all around, the vault and the uneven bar finals. that leaves one event left to perhaps compete in, tuesdays balance beam contest. ms. biles cited her mental health a...

The latest on that story around the belarus athlete. the other news from here. simone biles says she will compete in the beam final tomorrow. gymnastics us tweeted: we are so excited to confirm that you will see two us athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow — suni lee and simone biles!! the american, 2a, has not competed since last weeks team final, where she performed on vault but no other apparatus before saying she wanted to protect her mental health.the pre—games favourite, a four�...

The vault, her specialty, still leaving the door open for the floor exercise and balance beam. this as americans win more golds in the pool and the mens basketball team advances. abcs kenneth moton is in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, simone biles pulling out of two more gymnastics finals, the vault and uneven bars. >> ugh! >> reporter: the superstar posting then deleting these practice videos from tokyo on instagram, falling hard on her back. revealing shes still suffering from what gymnasts call...

The insurrection on january 6th. u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn touched on something big there. even knowing now what he did not know then, he says he would have still shown up for work. thats been a big theme in this weeks top stories. showing up. not easy to do your duty when the whole world is watching. but those officers showed us what it looks like. danger has a way of focusing your mind on doing the right thing. that was apparently a factor in simone biless decision to withdraw fro...

One she had chosen not to compete in. she had chosen to miss the finals of two individual events to date, the vault and bars. she was expected to win a gold there. that is her prioritising her mental health, she feels unable to perform as you would like to after pulling out of the team event last week. she was very much the superstar of the us coming into these games, everyone expecting her to build on the four gold she won in rio but she has been out of form and seems to be having the twisties,...

For tomorrow, she says yet to decide whether she will compete on the balance beam that is scheduled for tuesday. >> plus, american caleb dressel joins elite club of olympic medal leaders, after clintons fifth goal in tokyo. he is now just one of five swimmers to win at least five golds in a single olympics. we are in tokyo, this morning. good morning. >> hi there to you all. just like you said, simone biles saying she will not be in that competition. all that is left now is the beam. in usa gymn...

Another gold in the 800-meter freestyle. you could feel the joy as she high-fived teammate 15-year-old. swimmer at the olympics. >> fun to see her kick off her olympic career, and i know that she has a very bright future ahead of her as well. >> reporter: team u.s.a. is now focused on gymnastics, where simone biles decided not to participate in the individual vault and uneven bars. that means mykayla skinner gets another chance to compete. now the u.s. is counting on her performance in vault. su...