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Simone Biles has no equal in gymnastics, and he or she proved it once more in Paris by powering to a different gold medal within the ladies’s all-around last on Thursday evening.
Biles has her second gold of the Paris Olympics — she led the U.S. to victory within the crew occasion on Tuesday — and her second all-around title after profitable on the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Rebeca Andrade earned silver for the second straight Games and defending champion Sunisa Lee of the United States completed with bronze.
The U.S. has dominated the occasion, and an American girl has gained the all-around title in six straight Olympics.
Biles acquired off to a scorching begin on the vault earlier than a mistake on the uneven bars dropped her to 3rd place, 0.267 behind the chief, Andrade, after two rotations. Biles surged again into first place on the steadiness beam with a rating of 14.566, increased than another gymnast on the equipment.
With Lee enthusiastically cheering her on, Biles had the group consuming out of her fingers throughout an exhilarating ground routine that included two expertise named after her. The crowd roared when she completed, and “U-S-A” chants rang out throughout Bercy Arena. Biles’ rating on the equipment was 15.066.
Biles completed with an complete rating of 59.131. Andrade, who was within the lead after two rotations, scored 57.932. Lee’s general rating was 56.465.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was available to ship the medals.
Rina Kishi completed eleventh for Japan within the 24-woman last, whereas Haruka Nakamura was fifteenth.
