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Biles’ win makes her the second woman in Olympic history to win the vault twice, having claimed gold at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. The victory also marks a triumphant return for the gymnast ...
Biles’ 10 Olympic medals moves her into third place all-time for female gymnasts behind Larisa Latynina of the former Soviet Union who won 18 during the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Games and Vera ...
Gold medalist Simone Biles celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's vault final on Day 8 of the Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris ...
The women's vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. [1] Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only ...
McKayla Maroney of the United States, the defending world champion and top qualifier to the vault final, was the favourite to win but placed second after falling on her second vault. Oksana Chusovitina, who placed fifth, set a record by competing in her sixth consecutive Olympic vault final.
As is customary, since the 2020 Summer Olympics men's and women's marathon medals (at the Summer Olympics) and since the 2014 Winter Olympics, men's 50 km and women's 30 km cross-country skiing medals (at the Winter Olympics) are awarded as part of the Closing Ceremony, which take place on the penultimate and the last days, in the Olympic ...
PHOTO: Gold medalist Simone Biles of the U.S. hugs silver medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil after the artistic gymnastics women's vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024. Final (Mike ...
Simone Biles captures her seventh Olympic gold medal by winning women's vault for a second time; Simone Biles earns her 10th career Olympic medal, her seventh gold, by winning the women's vault final for a second time; IOC leader says 'hate speech' directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting at Olympics is unacceptable