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In 2016, Biles became the the first American woman to win Olympic gold in vault. She faced even fiercer competition in Paris, with Andrade matching Biles' exquisite execution, but trailing Biles ...
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 ...
Jul 30, 2024; Paris, France; Simone Biles of the United States looks at her gold medal after the women’s team final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena.
In the all-around final, Biles won the gold medal by a margin of 1.7 points despite falling on both the vault and the balance beam. The overwhelming difficulty gap between her and her competitors allowed her to claim the title with a score of 57.491 over silver medalist Mai Murakami of Japan and bronze medalist Morgan Hurd . [ 93 ]
Simone Biles became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2013, [4] and she won gold at the 2013 World Championships in the individual all-around and on floor exercise. She also won silver on the vault and bronze on the balance beam. [5] Biles and Madison Kocian were part of the 2014 World Championship gold medal-winning team. [6]
In addition, 16 year old Hezly Rivera was chosen for the team. The five won the team all-around gold medal, while Biles and Lee won the gold and bronze individual all-around medals, respectively. Biles went on to win gold on vault and silver on floor exercise, while Lee won the bronze on uneven bars and Carey won bronze on vault.
Andrade took to the runway after Biles knowing she would struggle to match Biles based on her vaults' start values. Still, Andrade stuck her first vault for a score of 15.100 and her second for a ...
Biles has now won five Olympic gold medals. Four of them at the 2016 Rio Games, where she claimed the individual all-around gold and won two of the four individual events: Floor exercise and vault.