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The start of the summer olympic games. mike tarico of nbc sports is there tonight with some of the team usa athletes to watch. >> reporter: she was the break out star team usa in rio. >> this has been her destiny. >> reporter: and heading into tokyo, gymnast simone biles is as dominant as ever. she could nab the record for the most gold medals ever won by an american female athlete. so could swimmer katie ledecky, looking to build on her incredible run in rio. >> katie ledecka smashes her own world record. >> reporter: on the sand, they could be the team to watch. >> i'm excited. i think we're...

Mikaela shiffrin grabbed the silver in the alpine slalom combined event. unfortunately, lindsey vonn did not make the podium in what may be her final olympic run. she's still not walking away empty handed, winning the bronze the other night. with that, team usa jumps up in the rankings into fourth overall with 21 medals. norway is on fire leading with 33 total. and with the end of the winter olympics approaching, the white house has announced that the president's daughter, ivanka trump, will lead the u.s. delegation at the closing ceremony. she'll be joined by press secretary sarah huckabee sa...

Dara and you've been at this for a while. what does this mean to you to bring this home? will you continue doing this sport? >> i'm definitely going to continue doing this sport. i had a couple rough years with injuries, and to come back and actually no one really saw me at the olympics, and getting that medal is quite the reward. a big exclamation point to my return on skis, i would say. >> i want to ask you. i'm a skier, nowhere near as good as you. but the thought of going between boarding and skiing -- i understand that you did both for a long time before you set your sights exclusively on...

Did you have a bracelet as well during your olympic run? >> i actually did. i was really superstitious last year. i'm trying to work on it. trying not to be as superstitious. so i just kind of did my thing and trusted my skiing and didn't rely so much on the superstitions. >> i don't think you have to wear a bracelet ever again in your pocket with that performance you just did. can i ask you girls, though, about the competition between the canadian olympic team and the u.s. olympic team. much has been made about the hockey team and the women, of course. is it a friendly rivalry or is it down a...

Time around. >> bronze is definitely way better than nothing at all, right? >> yes. >> don't you think? >> yes, it was a very bumpy past. >> that bumpy past led rhonda to being the first american to medal in judo. and along the way, she picked up the taste for mixed martial arts. >> and at what point did you say i want in? >> we would have little fight nights where we would all get together and watch the fights that were on. and i remember one of them -- i just sat there and i thought, i could beat both those girls, i should be doing that right now, and i didn't want to say it because i was in...