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we know wherever you get podcasts. Welcome to The Takeaway. I'm Melissa Harris-Perry, and it's good to have you with us.

Today, we're revisiting some of the Black Girl magic conversations we've had here on the takeaway.

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Who doesn't love gymnastics?

All the breathtaking, gravity-defying moves that seem simultaneously impossible and effortless. As a fan and an enthusiast, I was deeply disappointed when I heard that four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles

explained that she was withdrawing from the

team final and later the individual all-around finals at the last Olympic Games.

I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back sea, work on my mindfulness,

and I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job, and I didn't want to risk the team

a medal for kind of my screw-ups because they've worked way too hard for that.

As a fan, I was disappointed to lose the opportunity to watch Biles perform in last year's

Olympics.

But as a person, what made me far more sad was learning the reason why.

And it's been really stressful. This

Olympic Games, been a long year. So just a lot of different variables. And I think we're just

a little bit too stressed out. But we should be out here having fun. And sometimes that's not the

case. With me to discuss the expectations for young women in gymnastics is someone who understands it better than anyone.

I'm thrilled to introduce Dominique Dawes, a three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medalist,

who was the first African-American woman to win an individual event medal with her bronze medal

winning floor performance in 1996.

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