PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and the U.S. women took the gold the gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, completing their ‘redemption tour’ after taking second in the 2021…
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team grabbed an American flag and jumped up and down posing for the fans after winning the gold in the team final.
Simone Biles blows a kiss to the crowd and walks off to hug her teammates. “USA! USA! USA!” from the crowd. When the scores are announced, the Americans will take gold.Jordan Chiles starts crying before her floor routine even ends Biles and her teammates now have a 3.102-point lead over second-place Italy heading into their beam routine, with China in third place.There is a “Simone for President” banner being waved in the grandstands in front of the American women.
Her parents, watching from the stands, jumped to their feet and her father pumped his chest. Actress Natalie Portman was among those on hand who also stood to cheer Chiles.Spike Lee is also doing the right thing: Watching Simone Biles at the Olympics. The movie director has a front-row sea, above the vault runaway, wearing white-framed glasses and a USA basketball shirt.Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva is competing with a band-aid on her face.
Jordan Chiles began the vault rotation for the Americans by earning a 14.400 for her double-twisting Yurchenko.Biles is taking a little extra caution when it comes to her left calf injury. She had tape starting around her ankle and running about midway up her left leg. She had tried to compete without tape during qualifying but had it quickly applied after tweaking the injury on Sunday.Biles and the Americans will start on vault with Italy. The U.S.
If you’re tuning into the women’s Olympics gymnastics finals looking for the perfect 10, sorry, that’s so 1992. During the finals, each team will enter three athletes per event, with all three scores counting. That differs from qualifying, when four athletes go up on each event, with the lowest score being dropped from the team total.The 27-year-old is the most decorated gymnast of all time and eyeing a return to the top of the podium afterbattled kidney issues
During the show, Owens admitted he didn’t know who Biles was when the two connected on a dating app in 2020. Owens was playing for the Houston Texans at the time. Biles is a Houston native.
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