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If she could get it back. that was reassuring to see her have the opportunity to even try because if not, its not worth landing on the hard mats. >> the outpouring of support she has received. this has also put a spotlight on some of the pressure that athletes face, often unfair pressure. there were comparisons to your former teammate carrie strug and her broken ankle vault at the 1996 olympics before you won the gold, and then another one of your teammates, dominique tweeting i was 14-year-old ...

Skinner gets another chance. joining teammate jade carey to compete for a medal in vault. the-year-old who was an alternate in rio thought her olympics were over after the qualifying round. >> obviously, to make an individual event would be icing on the cake. >> reporter: consider the cake iced. skinner posting on instagram today, looks like i get to put a competition leo on just one more time. doing this for us, simone biles. its go time, baby. the news about biles, not that surprising, after s...

Competition? >> reporter: absolutely, ryan. as americans are learning, this gymnastics team is deep. when sunisa lee came in and replaced simone biles and won the all-around, one of the most prestigious gold medals in any summer olympic games, sunisa lee wins that. she absolutely could win on the uneven bars. she is a force. there is also jade kerry, michaela skinner on the vault. the united states is loaded in gymnastics. there are certainly many medal opportunities for the united states in the...

Whole election aftermath into even more chaos. and it would have been the prelude for, basically, going to each of the state capitols which they, already, were doing, the trump folks. and basically, asking them to basically undo the decertification or decertify their elections. and, of course, it would have provided more grist for what they were doing on january 6th. to me, this call -- you know, its almost like donald trump -- you know, if this were a bank heist, you know, donald trump was basi...

Condition known as the twisties. lets head to tokyo right now, laura harris from our nbc 5 station in dallas is joining us from tokyo. laura, were just learning this term now but a lot of people who skrb following gymnasts for years say its a common thing that happens, and once you get it into your head its really difficult to overcome. >> reporter: yeah, and not only is it common, kendis, but its one of those things where you cant just take some sort of medication for it. youve got to let it ju...

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. >> overnight olympic gymnast simone biles withdrew from the event finals for the vault and the uneven bars and is still evaluating her remaining two individual events. earlier this week, the most d...

Is, what in the world could happen to her if she lands wrong and people say, oh, she could be paralyzed. that is not hyperbole. she could be paralyzed. >> the paralysis point you make is excellent, and i also think you make another point that a lot of people were thinking when they were initially or maybe still critical of her. the assumption that she was taking her ability to perform well away from her team. but what we learned later was that she felt like she was going to sink them. i mean, to...

♪ everything takes forever ♪ ♪ >> that voice. out today, the much anticipated album from prince, welcome america, unearthed from his legendary vault after his death in 2016, shortly after recording it 11 years ago, he invited misty copeland to entertain with him. she maintained a friendship numerator his passing. guess what, jackpot. the first african-american female principal dancer with the american ballet. an honor to have you here. >> thank you. >> that was the first i heard from the a...

Hes a teacher and a leader and a preacher in the best way, in the most positive way. and so its so timely, the music that hes made, even though he didnt make it today. and, you know, we all feel that his spirit is alive through his music and its something that is timeless, and its amazing that the world gets to hear these things from the vault that i know he held onto so tightly. >> right. you say that its timely, even today. even though he recorded it in 2010, it really is. some of the music de...

And i have no idea what im going to land on the 24-year-old added that she has felt the twisties in the past. it is taken two week or more to go away. she was watching the womens all-around gymnastics on thursday. she could barely sit steill as she watched suni lee stepping up and extending a run of five all-around olympic golds. the st. paul, minnesota, sunni bringing it. the womens vault and bars, finals are scheduled for sunday. the floor final is monday and the beam final is tuesday. scary m...