Simone Biles has won her fifth Olympic gold medal as she anchored the US to team gold in the women’s gymnastics on Tuesday in Paris
Simone Biles has won her fifth Olympic gold medal after anchoring the United States to a commanding win in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday afternoon at the Bercy Arena.
The US team, clad in sequined red, white and blue leotards that shimmered from the back of the jam-packed arena, celebrated in a cluster when the final results flashed on the scoreboard, even if the result had long been beyond doubt. The US got off to a flying start on vault, where Chiles and Carey landed their attempts before Biles stuck a high-scoring Cheng after deciding against performing Yurchenko double pike vault, the hardest vault currently being done in competition by a female gymnast. Even playing it safe, Biles’ score of 14.900 helped the Americans to an early 1.434-point lead over second-placed China.
The Americans headed to the beam next, where Chiles fell on her front pike before closing strong for a 12.733 score. Lee and Biles did more than enough to pick up for their teammate as the US managed to further stretch their lead to 3.602 points after three rotations.
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