Simone Biles lands signature skill to win third gold medal of Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Simone Biles lands signature skill to win third gold medal of Paris Olympics

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Simone Biles landed her signature ‘Biles II’ on the vault to win a third Olympic gold medal of Paris 2024. With a seventh Olympic gold medal of her career, Biles moves within two of the all-time gymnastics record held for the past 60 years by Larisa Latynina. “I’m super excited, ecstatic for how my vaults were,” Biles said. I’m excited I got to show that here during finals today.” open image in gallery Biles en route to gold in the women’s vault at the Olympics It has been a triumphant return to the Olympic stage for Biles, who was one of the biggest stories of the Tokyo Games when, as favourite to win multiple golds, she pulled out of most events after suffering from ‘the twisties’, where a gymnast loses sense of where they are in the air.

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Simone Biles Bids Farewell To 1 Of Her Greatest Moves In The Most Iconic Way
4 months ago

Simone Biles Bids Farewell To 1 Of Her Greatest Moves In The Most Iconic Way

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles appears to have held a funeral for one of her most dangerous gymnastics moves. Biles said at the Paris Olympics last month that she would sunset the extremely difficult maneuver after she performed it in the all-around and vault finals, securing gold in both events. So you just never know.” Only a handful of gymnasts …

Simone Biles was the first woman to attempt this ‘scary’ vault move. Now she’s telling it, ‘R.I.P.’
4 months ago

Simone Biles was the first woman to attempt this ‘scary’ vault move. Now she’s telling it, ‘R.I.P.’

LA Times  

Simone Biles executes her signature vault, the Biles II, also known as the Yurchenko double pike, Aug. 3 at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. It’s called the Biles II, also known as the Yurchenko double pike, a nod to the former Soviet gymnast who originated the cartwheeling approach to the vault. “R.I.P yurchenko double pike,” Biles wrote Monday on …

Simone Biles and husband pose with expletive-laden Olympics-themed restaurant menu
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles and husband pose with expletive-laden Olympics-themed restaurant menu

The Independent  

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Simone Biles shares behind-the-scenes snaps of her downtime in Paris before jetting back to the US to reunite with Jonathan Owens
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles shares behind-the-scenes snaps of her downtime in Paris before jetting back to the US to reunite with Jonathan Owens

Daily Mail  

Simone Biles gave fans a peek inside her downtime in Paris, where she brought home an impressive medal haul at the 2024 Olympics. Simone Biles gave fans a peek inside her downtime in Paris, after the Olympic Games 'From paris with love,' Biles captioned a series of Instagram snaps this week Biles also looked gleeful as she struck a pose …

Last dance in Paris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Last dance in Paris

China Daily  

Gold medallist Simone Biles of United States celebrates on the podium with her medal during the victory ceremony of the women's vault at Bercy Arena, Paris, France on August 3, 2024. The Paris Games were billed as the "redemption tour", after Biles famously suffered from the debilitating "twisties" in Tokyo and crashed out. Now 27, she appeared fatigued on her …

What You Missed if You Didn’t Watch Olympic Gymnastics
55 years ago

What You Missed if You Didn’t Watch Olympic Gymnastics

Slate  

Even though it has been a remarkably slow couple of weeks for national and international news, I suppose that some of you still, somehow, had better things to do than wake up at zero dark thirty to watch jacked young people flip upside down on the other side of the world. I still can’t believe that it’s over—but as I …

Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
5 months ago

Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight

Associated Press  

PARIS — Every single thing Simone Biles has done at the Paris Olympics has been spotlighted: four medals, an online feud with a former teammate and a social media post that appeared to take a swipe at presidential candidate Donald Trump. Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals …

Simone Biles makes shocking revelation about her body ‘shutting down’ at 2024 Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Simone Biles makes shocking revelation about her body ‘shutting down’ at 2024 Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

With three gold medals and a silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in history. Paris: US gymnast Simon Biles performs on the balance beam at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Simone Biles reveals her body ‘shut down’ at the Olympics The 11-time Olympic winner took to social …

The moment that sealed Simone Biles’ Olympic legacy – and it wasn’t another gold medal
5 months ago

The moment that sealed Simone Biles’ Olympic legacy – and it wasn’t another gold medal

The Independent  

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Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles slammed by NFL star after losing floor final at Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles slammed by NFL star after losing floor final at Paris Olympics

Daily Mail  

Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey has laid into Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles after they bowed down to Brazil's Rebeca Andrade on the podium of the floor final. Simone Biles & Jordan Chiles bowed down to Rebeca Andrade after her win in floor final Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey decried the sportsmanlike gesture on social media 'Yeah, because giving someone their flowers …

Simone Biles says bow to Rebeca Andrade was ‘all about sportsmanship.’ It bothered an NFL star
5 months ago

Simone Biles says bow to Rebeca Andrade was ‘all about sportsmanship.’ It bothered an NFL star

LA Times  

U.S. silver medalist Simone Biles, left, and U.S. bronze medalist Jordan Chiles, right, bow to Brazilian gold medalist Rebeca Andrade during the women’s gymnastics floor medal ceremony at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Below her on either side are U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, the silver and bronze medalists, bowing at Andrade’s feet. You can just feel the …

Paris Olympics gymnastics event finals: Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade on balance beam and floor exercise.
5 months ago

Paris Olympics gymnastics event finals: Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade on balance beam and floor exercise.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. By the time the beleaguered competitors, men and women both, took to Paris’ Bercy Arena for the third and mercifully final day of these finals Monday—parallel bars and the dread high bar for men; floor exercise and the accursed balance beam for women—the games of the XXXIII Olympiad had already played host …

Paris Olympics Day 10: Biles closes out with her 11th career medal — a silver in floor exercise
5 months ago

Paris Olympics Day 10: Biles closes out with her 11th career medal — a silver in floor exercise

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympic s with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation. The woman who didn’t think she’d even be here a couple years ago will leave Paris — and perhaps her final Olympics — with three golds and a silver, earned Monday when she placed second in …

Simone Biles And Jordan Chiles Give Gold Medalist Her Due In Viral Photo
5 months ago

Simone Biles And Jordan Chiles Give Gold Medalist Her Due In Viral Photo

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles is considered the greatest gymnast of all time, but she and teammate Jordan Chiles showed they may also be the GOATs at sportsmanship. Biles finished second while Chiles came in third after Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in the 2024 Olympics gymnastics floor final on Monday. At one point during the medal ceremony, Biles and Chiles dropped …

Simone Biles' fall costs Olympic medal as USA set unwanted record at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months ago

Simone Biles' fall costs Olympic medal as USA set unwanted record at Paris Olympics 2024

Hindustan Times  

The women's gymnastics balance beam final saw neither Simone Biles nor Suni Lee finish on the podium at the 2024 Paris Olympics, a first for the US since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Gold medallist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates with silver medallist Simone Biles of United States and bronze medallist Jordan Chiles of United States on the podium Biles, competing …

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine
5 months ago

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won silver in the gymnastics floor routine final at the Paris Olympics on Monday, wrapping an extraordinary return to the Games with her fourth medal. Biles’ fellow U.S. competitor Jordan Chiles, who has a gold and silver medal to her name from the team competitions in Paris and Tokyo, came in third to win bronze. …

Simone Biles appears to HIT OUT at Olympics crowd after falling off beam - as teammate Suni Lee blames 'tense' atmosphere in Paris
5 months ago

Simone Biles appears to HIT OUT at Olympics crowd after falling off beam - as teammate Suni Lee blames 'tense' atmosphere in Paris

Daily Mail  

Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for 'shushing' in the middle of her balance beam routine on Monday after a rare mistake saw her miss out on a medal. Simone Biles was left fuming with Olympics fans for 'shushing' during her beam routine "I don't think we've ever seen Simone Biles fall off the beam at a major …

Simone Biles And Suni Lee Miss Out On Medals In Olympics Balance Beam Final
5 months ago

Simone Biles And Suni Lee Miss Out On Medals In Olympics Balance Beam Final

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles and Suni Lee missed out on medals in the women’s gymnastics balance beam final Monday morning. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Biles also took bronze on beam — the only event she competed in that she didn’t top. Biles opened up in the new Netflix documentary, “Simone Biles Rising,” about the traumas she worked through …

Simone Biles caps Paris Olympics ‘Redemption Tour’ with one last medal — silver in floor routine
5 months ago

Simone Biles caps Paris Olympics ‘Redemption Tour’ with one last medal — silver in floor routine

Associated Press  

PARIS — The “Redemption Tour” did not end with a golden encore for Simone Biles. Simone Biles, of the United States, greets Rebeca Andrade, of Brazil, after competing during the women’s artistic gymnastics individual floor finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. 2 — indicating she was still in second — …

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall
5 months ago

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall

Al Jazeera  

Team USA’s Simone Biles had to settle for a disappointing silver in the floor exercise final after missing out in the balance beam. United States gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver medal, shrugging off a fall from the balance beam earlier in the day to finish runner-up to Brazil’s …

‘She’s queen.’ Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles honor floor gold medalist Rebeca Andrade
5 months ago

‘She’s queen.’ Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles honor floor gold medalist Rebeca Andrade

LA Times  

Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles knelt down and extended their arms over their heads. “At the end of the day, whoever medaled medaled and that’s what’s so exciting because you just never know with gymnastics,” Biles said. Biles left the door open for an Olympic return after her vault final, saying, “Never say never” to competing in a home-country Games …

Rebeca Andrade beats Simone Biles and gets a well-earned Olympic moment
5 months ago

Rebeca Andrade beats Simone Biles and gets a well-earned Olympic moment

New York Times  

PARIS — The question before Rebeca Andrade was one of magnitude. This is the first time Andrade has beaten Biles at the Olympics, significant because Biles is perhaps the only reason Andrade isn’t mentioned among the greatest. After years of finishing behind Simone Biles in international competition, Rebeca Andrade got her moment Monday at the Paris Olympics. Andrade’s cheerful disposition …

Paris 2024: How Olympics are redefining body types
5 months ago

Paris 2024: How Olympics are redefining body types

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Growing up, Simone Biles didn’t look like other kids in her class. If you put gold medal winners across sports at the Games in a line-up, you’ll know there’s no cookie cutter mould, no one type of body shape, size, height that has it beat. “All body types matter,” Paris’ breakout rugby star Ilona Maher said in a social …

Simone Biles hints at an appearance for LA Olympic Games 2028: ‘Next Olympics is at home, so…’
5 months ago

Simone Biles hints at an appearance for LA Olympic Games 2028: ‘Next Olympics is at home, so…’

Hindustan Times  

Simone Biles has been a hot topic among haters and trolls online who kept nit-picking at her hair, husband or strength. Simone Biles hints at her return to the Olympic Games in 2028. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Biles for LA Olympic Games 2028 After defeat and being the centre of trolling in the …

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky score more gold
5 months ago

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky score more gold

LA Times  

Simone Biles, of the United States, competes during the women’s individual vault final at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics Saturday. Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates with the gold medal after winning the individual vault finals at Bercy Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics Saturday. Saint Lucas’s Julien Alfred, center, beats Americans Sha’carri Richardson, left, and Melissa Jefferson …

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance
5 months ago

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles is not ruling out a return for the 2028 Olympics. The gymnast, who won the women’s gymnastics vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, was asked if this year’s event will mark her last time “vaulting in competition.” Biles said that it was her last time performing the vault, the Yurchenko double pike, …

Paris Olympics gymnastics: Why Simone Biles’ vault final for gold against Rebeca Andrade was unprecedented.
5 months ago

Paris Olympics gymnastics: Why Simone Biles’ vault final for gold against Rebeca Andrade was unprecedented.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Women’s vault, which featured the third-to-last time we may ever see Simone Biles compete. The unbelievable result of that competition was that had Biles’ coach Laurent Landi not been on that podium, her score with the fall would have been enough to win the world title, which would have been the first …

Olympics fans laud Simone Biles for post-vault moment with top rival after USA star admitted she 'doesn't want to compete with her no more'
5 months ago

Olympics fans laud Simone Biles for post-vault moment with top rival after USA star admitted she 'doesn't want to compete with her no more'

Daily Mail  

Olympics viewers had nothing but respect for Simone Biles and her top rival Rebeca Andrade after the pair embraced during the vault finals. Biles narrowly edged out the Brazilian athlete with a score of 15.3, which earned her another gold medal. Simone Biles and her top rival Rebeca Andrade embraced during the vault finals Saturday Biles narrowly edged out the …

Paris Olympics 2024: Gymnast Carlos Yulo becomes only second athlete from Philippines to win gold medal
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Gymnast Carlos Yulo becomes only second athlete from Philippines to win gold medal

The Hindu  

Carlos Yulo won the second Olympic gold medal ever for the Philippines, edging defending champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel in the men’s floor exercise finals at the Paris Games on Saturday. Yulo joins weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz as Olympic gold medalists from the Philippines. Diaz earned gold in the women’s 55-kilogram division in Tokyo three years ago. The event finals continue …

Simone Biles Continues Her 'Redemption Tour' With A Third Olympic Gold
5 months ago

Simone Biles Continues Her 'Redemption Tour' With A Third Olympic Gold

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won the women’s gymnastics vault final Saturday, continuing her comeback tour de force with her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics. This apparatus, after floor, is considered one of Biles’ best events, and she has two different vaults named after her: the Biles I and II. After an incredible performance at the 2016 Rio …

Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’
5 months ago

Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. While Biles allowed she was officially retiring her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault because “I kind of nailed that one” at the Paris Olympics, she didn’t rule out a return to the Games when they move to Los Angeles in 2028. “They’re really quiet now,” she said with a …

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics

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Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024
5 months ago

Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Biles pulls off stunning Yurchenko double pike to finish ahead of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and compatriot Jade Carey. Simone Biles soared to women’s vault gold with her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown. Biles, who led the United States to team gold before grabbing all-around gold, …

Simone Biles captures her seventh Olympic gold medal, winning vault in Paris
5 months ago

Simone Biles captures her seventh Olympic gold medal, winning vault in Paris

LA Times  

When the skill that used to be effortless left her questioning whether she could ever compete in gymnastics again, Simone Biles didn’t walk away from the sport. Biles used her iconic Yurchenko double pike vault to claim her seventh Olympic gold medal on Saturday, blowing away the competition in the women’s vault final. It’s great to see her out there …

Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo
5 months ago

Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo

New York Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles is one of one, much like the challenging vault that only she alone attempts. It was, as expected, Biles’s Yurchenko double pike that secured her Olympic gold medal here in the vault final of the Paris Games. and Peacock pic.twitter.com/fgFeDjZuQg — NBC Olympics & Paralympics August 3, 2024 It is Biles’ second Olympic gold medal in …

Simone Biles is back — as good as or even better than ever
5 months ago

Simone Biles is back — as good as or even better than ever

The Hindu  

Simone Biles, with two Paris Olympics gold medals and counting, has cemented her legacy as the greatest gymnast of all time — an athlete who transcends her sport in both triumph and defeat. “I would’ve to say honestly, Simone, I feel like a lot of it has to do with you.” More than seven million Instagram followers basked in the …

Gymnast Rebeca Andrade becomes first Brazilian woman to win 4 Olympic medals, clinches silver in all-around event
5 months ago

Gymnast Rebeca Andrade becomes first Brazilian woman to win 4 Olympic medals, clinches silver in all-around event

Hindustan Times  

Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade made history by becoming the first Brazilian woman to win four Olympic medals, clinching a silver medal in the individual all-around event at the Paris Olympics. Second-placed Brazil's Rebeca Andrade celebrates during the podium ceremony after the artistic gymnastics women's all around final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris “I’ve …

The Simone Biles risk that inspired historic sixth Olympic gold at Paris 2024
5 months ago

The Simone Biles risk that inspired historic sixth Olympic gold at Paris 2024

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics gymnastics all-around: Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Suni Lee’s heart-pounding final.
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics gymnastics all-around: Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, and Suni Lee’s heart-pounding final.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Well my friends, I said it might happen, and for a few minutes there during the women’s all-around gymnastics final in Paris’ Bercy Arena, I thought it actually would: Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast the sport has ever seen, was briefly behind. In fact, at one point, after Algeria’s magnificent bar worker …

USA’s Simone Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold
5 months, 1 week ago

USA’s Simone Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for her sixth Olympic gold and second in Paris. Biles, who famously withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the disorientating "twisties", followed up her team gold with the United States earlier this week. She scored 59.131 points to finish 1.199 …

Rebeca Andrade gave Simone Biles a scare, but she’ll settle for another gymnastics silver
5 months, 1 week ago

Rebeca Andrade gave Simone Biles a scare, but she’ll settle for another gymnastics silver

Associated Press  

PARIS — Rebeca Andrade won’t be remembered as the woman who beat Simone Biles in her prime. I had so much fun, every single moment has been sensational.” Andrade finished second behind the American superstar Thursday at the Paris Olympics after a tense women’s all-around gymnastics finals that was settled by Biles’ phenomenal floor routine on the last rotation. “I’ve …

Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. The GOAT necklace she rocked in the aftermath isn’t a coincidence, even if she maintains she’s just “Simone Biles from Spring, Texas, that loves to flip.” Maybe, but she’s also the third woman to become a two-time Olympic champion, joining Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union in 1956 and 1960 and Vera …

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won the second all-around gold medal of her Olympics career on Thursday ― but it wasn’t easy. After trailing halfway through the competition, Biles summoned her nerve and athleticism to secure gymnastics’ biggest individual prize eight years after she did it in the Rio Games. picture alliance via Getty Images The American star fell to …

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?

The Independent  

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Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics

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‘It means the world to me.’ Simone Biles wins historic Olympic all-around title
5 months, 1 week ago

‘It means the world to me.’ Simone Biles wins historic Olympic all-around title

LA Times  

Simone Biles walked off the floor with both arms raised over her head and one finger on each hand extending toward the crowd. Biles extended the United States’ Olympic dominance to six consecutive women’s all-around titles two nights after leading the Americans to their third team gold medal in four Olympics. Biles, 27, and Lee, 21, are two of the …

Simone Biles soars to second Olympic all-around gold medal; Suni Lee wins bronze with triumphant floor routine
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles soars to second Olympic all-around gold medal; Suni Lee wins bronze with triumphant floor routine

New York Times  

PARIS — As Brazilian fans shook their flags and chanted as if they were at a soccer game, chests puffing as the name of their star gymnast, Rebecca Andrade, flashed atop the all-around standing, the public address announcer asked, “Are you enjoying it Paris?” Simone Biles decidedly was not. A disastrous uneven bars routine — or at least disastrous by …

Will Simone Biles win the Olympic women’s gymnastics all-around final? Rebeca Andrade could beat her.
5 months, 1 week ago

Will Simone Biles win the Olympic women’s gymnastics all-around final? Rebeca Andrade could beat her.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. In most meets where Biles competes, the only realistic all-around fight is for second place; it’s been called, wryly, “Winner, Non-Simone Division.” In fact, Biles has literally not lost an all-around competition since 2013. This time, however, Rebeca Andrade’s spectacular gymnastics just happens to reside comfortably inside Biles’ margin of error. What …

Simone Biles clapbacks at former teammate after winning gold medal in Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

Simone Biles clapbacks at former teammate after winning gold medal in Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Simone Biles made history as she led her team to victory in women’s gymnastics at the Paris Olympics 2024. Simone Biles responded to MyKayla Skinner's past comments with her gold medal victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Simone Biles apparently hit back at MyKayla Skinner The gold medalist gymnast posted several pictures on Instagram of herself and her winning squad …

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