Simone Biles, fresh off leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team back to the gold medal in team competition, is back on the mat today for the Paris Olympics all-around finals.
Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the vault during the women's artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. The 27-year-old is attempting to become the oldest women’s all-around champion since 1952, taking on a field that includes Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade and defending Olympic champion Sunisa Lee.
Biles and U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee — the reigning all-around Olympic champion — will open on vault for their first rotation.There are two components to Olympics gymnastics scoring: The difficulty or D-score is what a gymnast does. The execution or E-score is how well they do it. During the all-around finals, each gymnast is judged on vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor, and their scores are added together. Highest total wins.“It’s an honor to be able to compete alongside her,” Andrade said after leading Brazil to the bronze medal in the team’s competition won by the U.S. team in Paris. “She’s a reference and a role model for the whole world of gymnastics. And also for other athletes.
Biles has competed in 33 different all-around competitions since — Olympics, Olympic trials, world championships, U.S. championships and so on — and won the gold at every one of them. That obviously doesn’t include the Tokyo Games, where she withdrew and did not compete in the all-around. If the scores are tight heading into floor, Biles has the advantage of getting to see how the others fare before starting her final event. Biles’ floor routine will be the last event of the night.Biles has an 11-year unbeaten streak in the all-around in meets she has started and finished into the finals. It’s a run that has included an Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro and six world titles and nine U.S. Championships.
There are now hundreds of meets a year that offer opportunities for adults to compete. Many of the adults are former gymnasts who stepped away from the sport because they felt opportunities had dried up.Will this be Simone Biles’ last Olympics? Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise and Jessica Chastain attended Biles’ return to the Olympics when she competed in qualifying Sunday.Watching the celebrations after the Paris Olympics women’s gymnastics team final Tuesday, it was tough to tell who had won.
The former junior world champion whose career was put on hold by a serious knee injury two years ago edged Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruoteng, both of China, to claim his second gold medal in three days at his first Olympics, by just 0.233 points. Biles seems to be disrespected anyway. After winning the team gold Tuesday, Biles posted celebratory photos on Instagram with the caption “lack of talent, lazy, olympic champions” — an apparent jab at Skinner’s criticisms.Competition begins at 6:15 p.m. CEST at Bercy Arena and will air live in the United States on NBC.Simone Biles, fresh off leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team back to the gold medal in team competition, returns to the mat in Thursday action at the Paris Olympics.
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