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[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THAT'S SOME TUESDAY ENTHUSIASM
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. WELCOME TO "ATLANTA & COMPANY."
I'M CHRISTINE PULLARA, SO HAPPY
TO BE WITH YOU.
IT'S TIME TO GET THE SHOW
STARTED WITH A VERY SPECIAL
EDITION OF IT'S ALL GOOD AND
TODAY IT'S ALL OLYMPICS AND
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE SCOOP ON
OUR OLYMPIC ATHLETES.
CHERYL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, AND WE'RE
GOING TO BE FOCUSING, CHERYL
HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING LOCAL
ATHLETES PROBABLY SINCE 2019.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. CHRISTINE: WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THEM IN JUST A MINUTE.
BREAKING NEWS OF THE DAY, LOCAL
INTERNATIONAL NEWS, SIMONE
BILES WITHDRAWING FROM THE U.S.
GYMNASTICS TEAM DUE TO
OFFICIALS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING
MEDICAL ISSUE AND REMAINING
THREE MEMBERS.
THREE MEMBERS. TEAM WERE ABLE TO WIN A SILVER
MEDAL FOR THAT EVENT AND JUST
IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, CHERYL
HAS AN UPDATE SO WHAT ARE THEY
SAYING, PHYSICAL OR MEDICAL?
>> WE HEARD FROM SIMONE, AND
SHE SAID PHYSICALLY I'M OK AND
MOMENT TO MOMENT.
IT'S START TO GO SINK INTO HER,
THE WEIGHT OF THE PRESSURE, THE
FACE OF THE OLYMPICS, ONE OF
THE FACES OF THE OLYMPICS AND
SHE JUST SAID, IT'S NOT BEEN --
IT'S NOT BEEN EASY SO SHE SAID,
SHE KNEW IN THAT FIRST VAULT
SHE WASN'T HERSELF, AND SHE
KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT, SO
SHE MADE THE DECISION TO PULL
OUT THINKING THAT WAS BEST FOR
THE TEAM AND HUDDLED THE TEAM
UP AND FREAKING OUT, HER WORDS,
AND THEY WERE CRYING AND YOU
GUYS CAN DO THIS AND WENT INTO
COACHING MODE AND TAKING CHALK
OUT TO THEM AND CHEERING THEM
ON AND PEOPLE IN THE ARENA SAID
YOU COULD HEAR SIMONE'S VOICE
AND CHEERING THEM ON.
STEP UP.
STEP UP.
STEP UP. IT WOULD BE LIKE, I HEARD A
COMMENTER SAYING, A GOOD
ANALOGY, THE CHICAGO BULLS IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP LOSING MICHAEL
JORDAN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND I
THINK IT WAS STUNNING TO THE
TEAM AND TO SIMONE AND ALL OF
US WATCHING.
US WATCHING. CHRISTINE: I WAS GETTING READY
AND HODE HODA KOPT AND HER VOTE
QUIVERING.
QUIVERING. SHE'S THE G.O.A.T., AND STILL
IS AND THE PRESSURE OF YOUNG
PEOPLE, SHE'S YOUNG, MY
GOODNESS, LET'S NOT FORGET, SHE
MAY BE A VETERAN IN HER SPORT,
BUT SHE'S YOUNG AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE WHAT SHE HAS GONE
THROUGH AND BEING THIS
INTERNATIONAL FACE.
INTERNATIONAL FACE. >> AND I THINK THAT HODA TALKED
ABOUT SOME THINGS BEFORE SHE
CHOKED UP, THAT I THINK IT'S SO
GOOD THE CONTEXT.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THIS
CINGULAR MOMENT, BUT WHAT
SIMONE HAS OVERCOME AND
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED.
SURVIVED. SHE'S SURVIVOR OF LARRY
NASSAR'S ABUSE, SO MANY WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE GYMNASTICS TEAM
AND CARRIED OVER.
THE AND INCREDIBLE STRENGTH NOT
JUST PHYSICALLY AND INWARDLY
AND FOR HER TO HAVE THE COURAGE
TO SAY I DON'T FEEL OK AND I'VE
GOT TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT,
BUT TO STILL BE ON THE
SIDELINES, BEING THAT COACH AND
SPEAKS TREMENDOUSLY.
SPEAKS TREMENDOUSLY. TO SEE, SUNNI HAD AN INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE AND TO SEE THEM
STEP UP AND SO, I WANT TO
MENTION, ONE THING THAT ONE OF
THE YOUNG LADIES SAID AND I
CAN'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT
BECAUSE I JUST HEARD IT, IT WAS
LIKE A QUICK MENTION, AND SHE
JUST SAID, I REALLY HOPE
AMERICA STILL LOVES US.
CHRISTINE: OH, MY GOSH.
>> AND I WENT INTO MOM MODE,
NO, NO, EVERYONE LOVES YOU, BUT
TO THINK THIS THEY DON'T
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WIN THE
GOLD.
GOLD.
GOLD. CHRISTINE: AND ESPECIALLY ALL
THIS LAST YEAR ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
NEED HELP, SEEK IT AND SAY IT,
AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ABLE
TO COME OUT AND JUST SAY, THIS
IS--
IS--
IS-- I'M
IS-- I'M HAVING A MOMENT, BUT ALSO
THEN TO TURN AROUND AND BE SO
SUPPORTIVE, IT'S INCREDIBLE AND
KEEP IT LOCKED HERE ON 11
ALIVE.
ALIVE.
ALIVE. I
ALIVE. I MEAN, THE STORY CONTINUES
BECAUSE THEY DID ASK, ARE YOU
GOING TO BE COMPETING IN THE
INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS?
INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS? SHE SAID I'M GOING TO TAKE IT
DAY-TO-DAY.
DAY-TO-DAY. WE'LL FIND OUT AND WE MAY SEE
HER COMPETE AND WE HOPE THAT TO
BE THE CASE, BUT MORE THAN
ANYTHING I HOPE THAT AMERICA
CAN AGREE, WE JUST WANT HER TO
BE OK.
BE OK.
BE OK. CHRISTINE: AND THIS WHOLE
SEGMENT WAS DEDICATED TO
CHERYL'S INTERVIEWS AND REALLY
THE RERELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE'S
BUILT WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT
ATHLETES SO LET'S GET TO AS
MANY AS WE CAN.
>> WE HAVE SO MANY, I WANT TO
START WITH ELIJAH GODWIN.
HE WENT TO NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL
AND A UGA GRAD AND HERE IS HIS
MOM, AT THE AIRPORT AND RAN
INTO KENDALL, AN OLYMPIAN, AND
I LOVE MS. GINGER'S T-SHIRT,
SHE HAD A FRIEND THAT MADE
THESE GO ELIJAH T-SHIRTS TO
SEND HIM OFF AND THIS GUY IN
HIS MOM'S WORD IS A MIRACLE, HE
DID BACKWARD SPRINTS AND FELL
ON A JAVELIN.
>> AND THIS IS DANIEL, BORN AND
RAISED IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
WENT TO PACE ACADEMY--
I'M SORRY, ST. PIUS AND THAT
SPORT IS SO MUCH HARDER THAN IT
LOOKS, HE'S ONE OF THE BEST IN
THE WORLD AND HE'S GOING TO
REPRESENT KENNESAW, AND
MARIETTA AND ST. PIUS AND CAN'T
WAIT TO SHARE HIS STORY TRACK
AND FIELD.
AND FIELD. AND KENNY FELDMAN, AN INSIDE
LOOK AT THE ATHLETE VILLAGE IN
TOKYO AND HE SAID IT'S COOLER
THAN HE THOUGHT.
HE GREW UP TO MABELTON,
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY, A PACE
ACADEMY KID AND SAYS IT'S JUST
EVERY TIME HE SEES THE RINGS,
HE THINKS OH, MY GOODNESS, I'M
ACTUALLY HEAR AND THIS IS MY
DREAM, HE'S GOING TO RUN THE
400 HURDLES.
400 HURDLES. I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU MO
400 HURDLES. I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT KENNY, YOU MEET HIM AND
HE'S TERRIFIC AND SO MUCH FUN
KNOWING MORE.
KNOWING MORE. >> I WISH YOU HAD MORE TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO COME ON.
>> OF COULD,.
>> AND OF COURSE TO GIVE THAT
BREAKING UPDATE ABOUT SIMONE
BILES AND GUYS GOING FORWARD,
MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT LOCKED
HERE ON 11 ALIVE.