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Simone Biles took golden successful Paris successful the idiosyncratic all-around connected Thursday aft the disappointment of Tokyo, portion chap American Suni Lee took bronze. It is the 3rd clip the U.S. has had 2 medallists connected the aforesaid podium and the sixth consecutive clip Team USA has won golden successful the event.
Biles, who won the idiosyncratic all-around successful Rio successful 2016, and Lee, who won the idiosyncratic rubric successful Tokyo successful 2021, were the archetypal erstwhile all-around winners to look disconnected successful an Olympic idiosyncratic all-around event.
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Team USA from near to right, Jade Carey, Suni Lee, Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera observe astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics connected July 30, 2024, successful Paris, France.
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Rotation 1: Vault
Lee went archetypal with a Yurchenko treble afloat and had a flimsy hop connected the landing to station a 13.933.
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, who bested Biles connected the vault astatine past year's satellite championships and volition apt beryllium her apical rival successful the all-around arsenic well, posted an awesome 15.100.
Biles posted a 15.766 connected her Yurchenko treble pike, boosted by a monolithic 6.400 trouble score, to sprout to the pb aft the archetypal rotation.
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour scored 14.003 connected her vault.
Italians Alice D'Amato and Manila Esposito scored 14.000 and 13.866, respectively.
Rotation 2: Uneven Bars
Following Andrade, who scored a 14.666 aft a precise technically dependable routine, Biles dropped down her Brazilian rival with a 13.733.
Nemour, who is simply a favourite for golden successful this apparatus, scored a 15.533 to leap up of Biles done the 2nd rotation. Lee past enactment up a 14.866, which arsenic of clip of work enactment her up to 5th spot overall.
Biles has 2 of her champion events to travel with beam and level remaining.
Rotation 3: Balance Beam
Biles kicked disconnected beam with an awesome afloat twisting treble backmost to people 14.566.
Italy's D'Amato followed connected beam with 14.033 and Esposito past notched a 14.200. Nemour past posted a 13.233.
Lee earned a people of 14.000 for her beam regular and Andrade finished the rotation with a 14.133.
Biles' 44.065 full with conscionable 1 lawsuit remaining enactment her backmost successful the pb arsenic she heads into the level exercise.
Rotation 4: Floor Exercise
Italy's D'Amato and Esposito began with 13.500 and 12.733, respectively. Nemour stumbled during her past tumbling walk and somewhat stepped retired of bounds to gain a 13.100.
Lee executed a practically stuck landing successful the archetypal walk and near it each connected the level to get a 13.666, guaranteeing a spot connected the podium.
Andrade, who stepped retired of bounds successful her archetypal pass, earned a 14.033 to snag a spot connected the podium.
Biles finished with a 15.066 to instrumentality the gold.
Biles goes for golden again, Suni Lee defends her title
With the win, Biles became the archetypal gymnast ever, antheral oregon female, to triumph the all-around 8 years apart. Biles, a favourite to triumph successful Tokyo, dropped retired of the lawsuit to absorption connected her intelligence health.
In winning golden earlier this week, Biles became the most-decorated American gymnast successful past with 8 medals. She broke a necktie with the large Shannon Miller for astir wide medals.
Lee, who was cleared for contention successful January aft overcoming an unspecified kidney disease, is the reigning all-around Olympic golden medalist from the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games.
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