My Mind Can’t Comprehend These 18 Photos Of Simone Biles’s All-Around Routine That Won Her Gold
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It’s Simone Biles’s world, and we’re all just living in awe.
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On Thursday, the three-time Olympian won gold in the individual all-around event.
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This is Simone’s second gold in Paris, having won the team all-around earlier this week alongside fellow Americans Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera.
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As for the individual all-around, Simone scored a winning 59.131, followed by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade with 57.932 and Team USA’s Suni Lee with 56.465.
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The former record holder, Shannon Miller, has seven medals and congratulated Simone and Team USA on Instagram.
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Simone previously won an individual all-around gold at Rio 2016.
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With her success yesterday, Simone is now only the third woman to have won the individual all-around twice.
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She’s the first since Vera Caslavska, of the then-country of Czechoslovakia, who won gold at 1964 Tokyo and again four years later at 1968 Mexico City.
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Larisa Latynina, of the then-country of the Soviet Union, preceded both athletes, winning gold at 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome.
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And she’s not even done in Paris.
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She’s competing in the vault final on Saturday, Aug. 3.
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Keep in mind that she won gold at the Rio event.
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However, Simone notably withdrew from the vault final in Tokyo after experiencing the “twisties.”
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The “twisties” are a phenomenon among gymnastics in which athletes lose the connection between their mind and body while performing a skill.
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So congratulations, Simone, on all your success so far!
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And good luck on Saturday!
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We’re all rooting for you!
