good evening once again from london where again tonight these games have made news. more than that they ve made history and let s begin with fair warning. even though what happened here late today has been reported and replayed and repeated around the world already we try to supply an ample spoiler alert and this is one of those cases because we re about to report results. in gymnastics, a stunner of a gold medal performance for a young woman who is about to be the talk of our country. gabby douglas, who gutted it out and won on style and grit and poise and sheer talent at age 16, the first african-american ever to do so. and in swimming, this was the long-awaited showdown in the pool with the top two americans locking horns for a gold medal. nbc s kevin tibbles is across town in olympic park with all of it tonight. kevin, good evening. reporter: brian, talk about a night of high drama in the pool. the final race of these games between the greatest olympic swimmer ever and
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening once again from london where again tonight these games have made news. more than that they ve made history and let s begin with fair warning. even though what happened here late today has been reported and replayed and repeated around the world already we try to supply an ample spoiler alert and this is one of those cases because we re about to report results. in gymnastics, a stunner of a gold medal performance for a young woman who is about to be the talk of our country. gabby douglas, who gutted it out and won on style and grit and poise and sheer talent at age 16, the first african-american ever to do so. and in swimming, this was the long-awaited showdown in the pool with the top two americans locking horns for a gold medal. nbc s kevin tibbles is across town in olympic park with all of it tonight. kevin, good evening. reporter: brian, talk about a night of high drama in the pool. the final race of these game