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Gymnastics champion shockingly failed to qualify for the finals, she ceded the spotlight with grace, celebrating when gabby douglas won gold. it was hard not to cheer from the rower from niger. the olympian named the sculling sloth finished last but he had only been training three months on a fishing dinghy. it's the kind of sportsmanship sebastian treasured as an olympian and hopes for as an organizer. >> i think it's a fantastic opportunity for all our nations to start celebrating the things we hold dear. the priceless, the irreplaceable. >> reporter: the courage of china's national hero, lu...

Most decorated olympian is here at these games. she is retired russian gymnast larisa latynina and when we went back in the archives we found this. it's a time capsule from her early days on the balance beam in 1958. while it's never easy to balance on a four-inch plank and we so admire those who do, like gabby douglas, look at how much the sport has changed. and then there is this guy. imagine doing something you've never tried and have no experience in, then imagine doing it at the olympics. this is the rower who had never been in one of these single skulls until the week before he got here ...

>> reporter: authorities are trying to track down a 15-foot great white shark that killed 24-year-old surfer ben linden yesterday. >> just come out of the water and just, like it was eating a seal, just -- just blood everywhere and -- massive, massive white shark. circling the body. >> reporter: the country averages just one shark-related death per year. but in the past ten months, along australia's western coast, five people have been killed by these massive animals. it's become so bad, officials are considering reversing the country's policy of protecting shark habitat. closer to home, in ne...

Somehow the stuff they bring in helps boost the baby human's immune system. this will make you paddle faster. this photo is quickly making the rounds from this past weekend on cape cod, and that is a great white shark considering an oer d'oeuvre with a kayaky after taste. a guy by the name of walter salt jr. of new hampshire who later said, quote, i just turned and paddled. there were apparently hundreds of people on the beach watching and shouting to get his attention, and just like in the movie "jaws" it wasn't enough to close the beach. well, this looks like a vista in the american sout...

>> reporter: cape cod beaches were back open for swimming just a day after a 12 to 14 foot shark was spotted tailing this kayaker 100 feet off the beach. he was able to pad toll safety after crowds screamed, warning him from the beach. it was like a scene out of "jaws." but for the kayaker, it was all too real. >> the shark was no doubt checking out the kayak. and kayakers have to understand when they are paddling in the waters, they are taking a certain amount of risk. >> reporter: for weeks now, great whites have been spotted close to the cape cod shore, snacking on seals. and west coast has...