The price of being the GOAT

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

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Summary

Why the U.S. women’s gymnastics team settled for a silver medal. And, the search for separated parents in rural Guatemala.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team took home a silver medal in Tuesday’s team final, after star gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the event. Sports reporter Liz Clarke discusses the unexpected upset, and the course of the Russian Olympic team’s winning trajectory.

The United States lost track of parents after separating them from their children at the border. In rural Guatemala, it’s up to Eriberto Pop — a motorcycle-riding human rights lawyer — to find them. Central America bureau chief Kevin Sieff reports on his journey with Pop into the western highlands of Guatemala.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from the Washington Post.
0:10.0	Hey, it's Philip Rutger at the Washington Post. Do you have a minute?
0:13.0	Hi, this is Dan Zagg.
0:15.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.0	It's Tuesday, July 27.
0:25.0	Today, a shaky start for the US Women's Gymnastics team.
0:30.0	And the search for parents separated from their children at the US border.
0:37.0	The shock at the Tokyo Olympics today happened in women's gymnastics,
0:42.0	where everyone tuned in to see by how much the US women would be the rest of the world.
0:53.0	Clark is a sports reporter for the post.
0:58.0	For the US, they were seeking their third consecutive gold team medal.
1:04.0	And I don't think in anyone's mind was there any doubt that the US would get gold?
1:09.0	It was simply a matter of how crushing would their margin be.
1:13.0	And that's largely because they were led by Simone Biles by anyone's count,
1:18.0	the greatest gymnast who's ever lived.
1:22.0	On Tuesday, Simone Biles withdrew from the Women's Gymnastics Team Final.
1:32.0	It was an astonishing decision, and it was not because of an injury.
1:36.0	After the US Women's Team came in second, the Russian Olympic Committee won gold.
1:43.0	It was the first time since 2008 that the US did not come in first in this event.
1:48.0	In the Women's Team Final, each country competes on four different apparatus.
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