American gymnast Simone Biles wins her third Olympic gold of the Paris Games by taking the vault title in emphatic fashion.
American gymnast Simone Biles won her third Olympic gold of the Paris Games when she took the vault title in emphatic fashion.
After helping the USA to women's team gold and then taking the all-around title, the 27-year-old reclaimed another of the titles she first won at Rio 2016, having lost them in Tokyo when she pulled out of several events. She nailed her huge Biles II vault before sticking her 'easier' vault - whose difficulty is harder than many attempt as their best vault - to score an average of 15.300.
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, the only gymnast who has skills that can come close to Biles and who won the title in Tokyo, took silver with 14.966 and American Jade Carey got bronze with 14.466.The journey to becoming a sporting legend'Bedlam in Bordeaux' - Scuffles break out at end of France-Argentina game.
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