the last thing before we go tonight, a quick olympics update. american gymnast jane carey won the gold medal on floor exercise today. the 21-year-old from arizona shared it with her coach, who also happens to be her dead. the middle is the fifth by the u.s. women s gymnastics team. and tomorrow olympic superstar simone biles plans to compete in the balance beam final in her return to the games. it comes a faster she took a break from competitions, citing mental health concerns. now if you want to watch biles compete, and who doesn t, you better be up early. the balance beam final begins at 4:50 am eastern. a quick reminder, you can hear the latest news and updates from all your favorite msnbc hosts anytime, anywhere on any
to see biles compete, and can team usa bring home gold if she decides she just can t do it? reporter: they already have brought home gold with suni lee, just amazing, you know, kind of coming in after simone stepped back because she s dealing with, you know, probably the biggest challenge she s had to face in her athletic career in terms of this disconnect, the separation of her mind and body they call the twisties. gymnasts dread it. and now we re talking about mental health and all these things often kind of shoved aside and people are expected to soldier on. but when you re doing a complicated aerial maneuver and simone biles was posting on instagram how she was doing maneuvers and stumbling when she landed, it just shows how dangerous it could be if that was on a hard surface, and there could actually be serious injury as a result. she s shown leadership by stepping aside, but she has two more chances on monday and tuesday in the floor and beam
on her shoulders, and she said, that expletive is heavy. that s where she is right now, she s got six more events she s qualified in, we ll see if she s able to compete when they start up again on thursday, they have an off day tomorrow. joining me now is dr norman freed, a clinical psychologist and expert in sports counselling and mental health from columbia university. thank you so much forjoining us. first off, what do you make of the comments that simone biles has made so far about why she could not compete today? i’m so far about why she could not compete today? so far about why she could not com ete toda ? , , ., compete today? i m extremely proud of miss biles compete today? i m extremely proud of miss biles for compete today? i m extremely proud of miss biles for the compete today? i m extremely proud of miss biles for the honesty - compete today? i m extremely proud of miss biles for the honesty she s i of miss biles for the honesty she s expressing, for so many