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Tokyo are still riding. it s been a mixed start for team usa. reporter: there were some major upsets, including in men s basketball with france beating team usa ending team usa s 25 winning streak that dates back to 2004. the women s gymnastic team posted lower scores than expected. i was in the stands watching the gymnasts. it was a surprise to see some unsteady landings as well as sim simone biles to step out of bounds. they are performing with no friends and family to cheer them on. she wrote the following. she said it wasn t an easy day or my best, but i got through it. she said i truly do feel like i had the weight of the world on my shoulders at times. i know i brush it off and make it seem like the pressure doesn t affect me but sometimes ....
Time for a look at the roundup. sports stories making headlines at this hour. the u.s. taking home more gold at the olympics. the women s gymnastic team winning its first olympic title since 1996. the team not botching a single routine. all but three scores were 15 or higher. more records broken and more suspicious of cheating in olympics. ye broke the record she set on the semis by 18 seconds. and the medal count the u.s. and china tieing with 23 medals total. china 13 gold, u.s. with 9, france, north korea rounding out the top 5. glued to the tv with michael ....
Run off against her for this spot. she said the situation has been difficult for everyone involved. i had accepted the decision and was prepared to run at 5:00 p.m. she went on to say i wanted to earn my spot on this team and not have it conceded to me, so o me so i share in everyone s disappointment this runoff will not happen. seems like something s going on, but maybe i m reading too much into this. she might be seen as she didn t truly earn it. she wanted to earn it and she said she felt physically good enough to run again but didn t get that chance. and saying she didn t feel set to do that. do they both have other events? they do. tarmoh will still run in the relay. allyson felix will run in other events as well. they both get to make the trip to london, will be part of the opening ceremony. but when it comes to this particular event, it will only be allyson felix. ....
A we count down to the olympic games, all eyes are on the basketball team. the men s training camp opens tomorrow, but two stars will not be there. dwyane wade has been sidelined with injuries and lamar odom says he won t play this year. joining us with a look at who will be on the team is bob simmelkjaer. thanks for coming back on this. when we take a look at this, who s going and who s not that you ve been watching? there s not going to be any shortage of talent on the u.s. team. i wouldn t think so. kobe bryant, lebron james, kevin durant from the oklahoma city thunder is going, carmelo anthony, deron williams, who just re-signed with the now brooklyn nets. they ll have a great roster. the only issue they potentially have is they don t have a lot of big men up front. you mentioned lamar odom announcing he s not going. you could argue he wasn t playing all last year in the nba, he had a tough year. right. dwight howard is not going to be going. so they don t have a lot of b ....
Showed some guts getting up and finishing her routine. but that did her in. so she s not going to go to london. she s probably done. but the team looks good? they do. you have a young team with a bunch of 16-year-olds, basically. jordyn wieber, who is really a potential gold medal winner all around is going to lead that team. you ve got gabby douglas. you ve got a young kyla ross, as well. they ve got a very deep team. they won the gold at the world championships just in 2011. so they re going coming off of that performance. i think most people would look at the u.s. women as a pretty decent favorite to win gold in london. when the trials ended, i was, like, can t wait for the olympics. you ll be following that for us. thank you so much. the 2012 olympic games begin july 27th on the networks of nbc and on nbcolympics.com. still to come, what s really behind the tom-kat breakup? and summer scorcher. an update on the wildfire ls. ....