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Play from 0:13[0:13] ..." thousand times wider than that -- being that she was standing on gold medal for. John Johnson on the balance beam and silver going to nasty -- so good last night here for gymnastics. -- sealed"...

Play from 1:13[1:13] ..." race. To being somewhat disappointed very disappointed over what happened at the gold medal in the going to to Don harper whose. On the American squad as wells released an American got a -- lol O"...

Play from 2:08[2:08] ..." well in this they've been -- OK and and then there's the gold medal round is on Sunday. But -- tonight could be a bit of a challenge even still though with the NBA -- team of Kobe Bryant. LeBron James today it Dwyane Wade ages doesn't look like anybody's really competition for them up until this point two."...

Play from 0:00[0:00]" that a Beijing and the Olympics were ABC's Alex owners watching the action and among other things women gymnastics good morning Alex."

Play from 0:07[0:07]" Ed good morning to you yes John Johnson -- it was described by the commentators and her smile was a thousand times wider than that -- being that she was standing on gold medal for. John Johnson on the balance beam and silver going to nasty -- so good last night here for gymnastics. -- sealed another of the really premier events -- the summer games. Well sure it was at -- what we've got coming up here in just a little while Hussein Bolton will try in the 200 meter race and and he's the same man the demand from Jamaica who won in the 100 meter dashing got a lot of criticism. Forest celebrating before he got over the finish line in that he was -- his tested jumping up and down and I even though he was so far ahead of everybody else and that 92 race but. American Nancy Ann Richards a favorite in the women's 400 meter race she was leading in this stretch faded at the end. She ended up getting the bronze medal I in the 100 meter hurdles low load Jones says the American was leading in the -- until she. Ran into our hurdle and she ended up wind a team that finished seventh. After she stumbled off and then she just couldn't believe what happened she was seem crouching after the race. To being somewhat disappointed very disappointed over what happened at the gold medal in the going to to Don harper whose. On the American squad as wells released an American got a -- lol O Jones -- fastest woman in the world expected to win in. She ran into or her Goldman went stumbling on to."

Play from 1:30[1:30]" I -- men's basketball this morning and although I think well as team US AB redeem team against Australia how good today. It actually you have what the 300 point plus games."

Play from 1:41[1:41]" Yet they've actually done very well and I mean it were in the quarterfinal stage here is no way you know you're starting to get to the better teams they've. The on the US side beaten up on pretty much everybody they've played from China today Angola grease stain that Germany everybody they've dominated in fact that the Germans who looked like they were. Kind of playing with them a little bit and the Germans were unable to come back but. Tonight we we see what they can do against a team who live really can play basketball and and fairly well in this they've been -- OK and and then there's the gold medal round is on Sunday. But -- tonight could be a bit of a challenge even still though with the NBA -- team of Kobe Bryant. LeBron James today it Dwyane Wade ages doesn't look like anybody's really competition for them up until this point two."

Play from 2:26[2:26]" All right Alex thank you we'll talk to -- ABC's Alex don't live this morning in Beijing by the way in the medal a top US has a slight to medal overall edge but the Chinese are way ahead in the gold metal."

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