(UPDATE) PARIS — Simone Biles led the United States to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday, laying the ghosts of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal.
PARIS — Simone Biles led the United States to a dominant victory in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday, laying the ghosts of Tokyo to rest as she claimed a fifth career Olympic gold medal.Three years after Biles battled a disorientating mental block in Tokyo, pulling out of the team final in which the United States settled for silver, she and teammates Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee led wire-to-wire in reclaiming gold ahead of Italy, with Brazil taking a historic bronze.
Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 30, 2024. AFP PHOTO She said she knew after she'd landed her opening vault — not her signature double Yurchenko but a marginally less difficult Cheng — that she and the US were on their way.'After I finished vault, I was relieved,' Biles said. 'I was like, 'Whew, because at least no flashbacks or anything.
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