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PHOTO: Simone Biles of the U.S. slaps hands with her coach Laurent Landi after performing on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 1, 2024.
The women’s final marks the first time since the Olympics began offering an individual gold medal in the all-around in 1952 that there have been multiple Olympic champions in the same final.
The U.S. women ’ s gymnastics team had some precarious moments in Sunday’s qualifying round, but they will enter the team final as the overwhelming favorites for gold.. Simone Biles topped the ...
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
The following day, USA Gymnastics confirmed that following further medical evaluation, Biles would also not be competing in the women's individual all-around final. [5] Ellie Black of Canada re-injured her ankle during training the day before the individual women's all around final, and subsequently announced her withdrawal. [6]
The individual all-around is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics. The event was first held for men at the second modern Olympics in 1900, and has been held every Games since. The women's competition was added in 1952.
Paris Olympics 2024: Meet the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team, headlined by Simone Biles, Suni Lee Who is Simone Biles? USA TODAY calls Biles "The greatest gymnast of her generation."
Biles became just the third woman to win the Olympic gymnastics all-around twice. How Simone Biles rallied to reclaim gold in women's all-around gymnastics at Paris Olympics: 'I was stressing ...