Olympics Week One Roundup: Wins, Losses, and Reckonings on Athlete Mental Health, Sexism

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On Thursday, U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee won all-around gold as fellow gymnast and defending champion Simone Biles celebrated in the stands following her withdrawal from the event earlier this week. We’ll catch up on the big news--and the controversies around women’s uniforms and athlete mental health--in the first big week of the Olympics. And we hear how the Olympians with Bay Area ties are faring, including in mountain biking, softball, and swimming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.8	From KQED. Welcome to Forum. I'm Katie Orr. Yesterday, U.S. gymnasts Sunisa Lee won all-around gold as fellow gymnast and defending champion Simone Biles celebrated in the stands following her withdrawal from the event earlier this week.
1:28.6	We'll catch up on the big news and the debates around women's uniforms and athlete mental health
1:33.6	in the first big week of the Olympics.
1:36.3	And we hear how the Olympians with Bay Area ties are faring, including in mountain biking, softball, and swimming.
1:43.0	Joining us first is Elliott Almond, a sports reporter for the Bay Area News Group.
1:48.3	Elliot, as we mentioned in the intro, California accounts for more than one in five Olympians.
1:56.1	How are some of our notable Bay Area athletes doing?
2:00.4	Well, good morning, Katie. This is a little
2:03.2	different than California government that you usually cover, right? Hopefully we can have
2:09.0	some fun here. I prefer it. Yeah. So to answer your question, it's, in my, I care, I keep a list for all these past Olympics of Bay Area athletes.
2:23.8	And my list is more than 100 with 100 people with ties to the Bay Area who are in Tokyo.
2:31.5	And broadly, you know, how are they doing? You know, it's always a mixed bag.
2:36.2	It's an Olympics. It's competition. So not everybody wins. And then some do. Some notables,
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