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On fear of what might happen to her, you know, if she lost her spacial, you know, recognition in the air and landed, you know, dangerously and poorly. she had focused on the pressure. she has been the protagonist of these olympic games. shes the face, she as much as katy ledecky and djokovic and others are super stars. biles has been the star of these games, and how can we say what pressure that brings? and i was feeling like way too tough on her, unreasonably tough, saying, well, isnt this the ...

After the shock of simone biless exit. >> there are a lot of emotions but im proud of myself for sticking with it. >> reporter: she started in the same place biles stumbled earlier this week, nailing her vault and setting the tone. to bars, her routine the most difficult in the competition. maintaining her focus and poise on the beam, and when it mattered most and pressure was on, lee delivered on every corner of the mat. her dad giving his pep talk before the meet. >> he told me to go out and d...

Convincing job. >> i love -- >> i did a bunch -- it was so fun. i want to say thank you so much. thank you, brianna. i was going to say like youre not hung over. >> next time lets try. lets lean into that. >> the end of our show. its our friday, kate. anything goes for us. >> absolutely, brianna, ill send you this hat. >> kate, thank you so much. >> youre the best. seriously, thank you. yeah, dont drink on the job. >> yeah. good lesson for everyone. kate flannery, a huge thank you to you. you ar...

Up, and won a second attempt before collapsing in pain. some people are comparing her and biles, but these are two different situations. am i wrong? >> i dont think theyre as different as youre thinking they are. earlier, i brought up the correlation between the two. the iconic moment 25 years ago, when we won a gold medal at the 1 1996 games. and kerri was so courageous to go for a second vault. she was risking her physical and emotional health. it affects someone for the rest of their lives. s...

Bulking, you would lose a little bit of spatial awareness, get lost in the air, its very scary. i went through it quite a bit throughout my career. many times leading up to a competition, even in the warmup or touch, you can lose that sense of awareness. it sounds like that is what happened at the team finals. she did a 1 1/2 vault instead of a 2 1/2 vault, and it freaked her out. she listened to her inner voice, and did what was best for simone, backed out, and protected herself mentally as wel...

Before collapsing in pain. now, some people are comparing her and biles right now. but these are two very different situations. am i wrong? >> i dont think theyre as different as you are thinking they are. earlier i had brought up the correlation between the two. and that was viewed, that iconic moment, 25 years ago, when we won a gold medal, the 1996 olympic games and kerri was so courageous to go for a second vault. she was risking her physical health and even her emotional health to tell you ...

Move. usually its a pirouette or a twist. and you would lose a little bit of spatial awareness, get lost in the air, and then you obviously are going to land because gravitys going to pull you down. it is very scary. and i went through it quite a bit throughout my career. and many times leading up to a competition even in the warm-up or touch you can lose that sense of awareness. it sounds like thats what happened at the team finals. she did a 1 1/2 vault instead of a 2 1/2 vault, lost her aware...

Itjust sucks that it happened at the olympic games." our sports presenter sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo and described the reaction. it was really remarkable scenes, wasnt it? late on day fourin scenes, wasnt it? late on day four in tokyo. there was a lot of washing around the world, social media, wondering what was happening, whether there was happening, whether there was an incidence of simone biles walking away from the vault, leaving the arena, collecting her thoughts and re—emerging. we did...

The air. i went through that a lot on the uneven bars and through the vault. she made the decision to not compete, to not take that risk and not take that challenge. for her to do that, that takes some courage because shes committed her whole childhood for this moment. she sacrificed so much to make it now to her second olympic games, and this is not how she envisioned things would end. >> i want to ask you about the twisties. its a term, someone who just follows the sport has just learned about...

Your dismount on the vault or dismount on the bars or beam. also, you twist many times in your tumbling passes on the floor. and twisties is a new term for me. we did not call it that in the 90s or early 2000s, you would just lose your awareness, and that can create major mental blocks. because what were doing are high-risk moves. and if you get lost in the air, you dont know how youre going to land but you know youre going to land, and that can lead to a very serious injury, especially with the...