Simone Biles held off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for all-around Olympics gymnastics gold. At 27, she's the oldest Olympic women's gymnastics champ since 1952.
Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. Simone Biles, left, celebrates with teammate Suni Lee, of the United States, after winning the gold and bronze medals respectively in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France.
Still, the meet ended the way all the ones Biles has started and finished over the last 11 years have ended: with hugs and gold on the way.Simone Biles, of the United States, shows off her goat neclace after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France.
The earliest another nation could pass the U.S. for this run of consecutive all-around dominance: 2052, and that’s if one country wins the next seven Olympic titles in that event.JUST IN: Simone Biles holds off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in all-around, becomes oldest Olympic women’s gymnastics champ since 1952Rebeca Andrade, of Brazil, performs on the floor during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France.
The conflict between Nemour — who holds dual citizenship — and the French federation started after Nemour suffered from a bone and cartilage condition and had to undergo surgery on both knees in 2021. The federation thought her problems were the result of overtraining during a time her body was growing up and decided to postpone the moment she would return to competition, despite her surgeon giving a go-ahead.
Suni Lee, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. The cancan has been a huge part of French culture and theater. It made it to the Paris Games as well, thanks to Brazilan gymnast Flavia Saraiva.
Algerian specialist Kaylia Nemour, as expected, posted the best score on bars, a massive 15.533 that pushed her past Biles for all-around. She trails Andrade by just 0.200 points, but she’s unlikely to keep pace on the remaining apparatuses.Biles trails Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade by 0.267 through two rotations. The duo next heads to the balance beam, where Biles was second during qualifying and Andrade third.
The basketball team will be in the arena where gymnastics is being held starting next week, when the quarterfinals of their Olympic tournament take place on Tuesday.Lee faceplanted during her warmup on uneven bars. It’s the second time she’s done that this week, but it hasn’t really hampered her. She was as good as ever there in qualifying when it counted.
The reason is pretty simple: gymnasts only do one skill on the vault, so there’s less to mess up as opposed to the other three apparatuses, where gymnasts connect multiple skills together to build a difficulty score during a routine.Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the vault during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France.
She began competing for Colombia last fall and her performance at the Pan American Games helped her earn a spot under the rings.The 24 athletes have been introduced at the women’s all-around competition, with Simone Biles coming out last and to the biggest ovation, of course. And Comaneci knows what’s coming: “I think she’s going to pass me,” Comaneci told the crowd in Paris.
Nemour’s massive score of 15.600 in qualifying was the second highest score on any apparatus, bettered only by Biles’ first vault score of 15.800.While Biles easily topped qualifying on Sunday with a total score that was 1.866 points higher than Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, things were tighter in the team final Tuesday.
The E-table is based on a 10-point system, though no perfect 10 for execution has ever been awarded anywhere since the new paradigm was introduced . Anything over 8 is good. Simone Biles has had five skills named after her in the gymnastics’ Code of Points after completing them in competition.
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