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>> reporter: the olympic flame belatedly burned russian one year later than planned as tokyo hosted the 2020 games in 2021. simone biles withdrew from several events to focus on her mental health. >> i have to focus on my mental well-being. that's what i did. >> reporter: tiger woods started swinging again following a serious car crash in california. and billionaires raced to space. even cab tap kirk took a trip to the final frontier. >> i'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. i just -- it is extraordinary. >> reporter: an inspiring reminder of what the future holds. >> i did it, ...

Face—to—face talks — and he has agreed trade and energy deals and a new friendship of closer cooperation with china. they used to share communist rule. now what binds russia and china is concern about resurgence us influence as tension over ukraine increases by the day. the moment the olympic flame was installed was a subtle one — no big cauldron set alight — but not so the other message sent out by the host from this stadium — that china and russia are forging a new, much closerfriendship. robin brant, bbc news, beijing. let's get some of the day's other news. the death toll from ...

Who were around in 2008 when the city hosted the summer olympics there, they say they're not anticipating large viewing parties or any large gatherings because the city's been struggling with outbreak out omicron and delta variants of covid so you're not having people encouraged to gather in large numbers. meanwhile, on the other side of this kind of parallel universe the so-called closed loop where all the athletes and the olympic organizers are inside the olympic bubbles, there one of the prevailing concerns is covid because there have been hundreds of cases detected. athletes who have train...

Now what binds russia and china is concerned about resurgence us influence as tension over ukraine increases by the day. the moment the olympic flame was installed was a subtle one, no big cauldron satellite. but not so the other message, sent out by the host from this stadium, that china and russia are forging a new, close friendship. robin brant, bbc news, beijing. emergency workers in morocco are hopeful they'll soon reach a five—year—old boy who's been trapped for four days in a deep well. the child, whose name is rayan, fell more than 30m into the shaft while his father was repairing ...

Because of the close proximity to so many other people just days before his individual competition begins. it makes you wonder, laura, how many other athletes might follow suit. for team u.s.a. at least, a team official said 177 of the 224 olympians will be walking. that's a higher number percentage wise than the tokyo games. they should be in for quite the show. beijing in 2008 had an opening ceremony that's generally regarded as the greatest of all time. same venue. iconic bird's nest. same director, chinese filmmaker and it will be simpler. 3,000 performers versus the 15,000 from 14 years a...