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Simone Biles clinches Paris Olympics all-around title

August 1, 2024
The one and only Simone Biles landed back on top of the Olympic all-around podium yesterday, winning her sixth gold medal following a tight competition against Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade (silver) and her Team USA compatriot, Sunisa Lee (bronze). With countless stars in attendance and numerous records broken, let’s look at the flippin’ epic final by the numbers before the individual events begin tomorrow.
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Simone Biles clinches Paris Olympics all-around titleSimone Biles clinches Paris Olympics all-around title
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The GIST: The one and only Simone Biles landed back on top of the Olympic all-around podium yesterday, winning her sixth gold medal following a tight competition against Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade (silver) and her Team USA compatriot, Sunisa Lee (bronze).

6: An American woman has won the all-around for six straight Games, beginning with Carly Patterson in 2004. Legends on legends on legends.

1: How is Biles one of one? Let us count the ways: She’s the first woman in 56 years to win multiple all-around titles, the sole competitor to ever win non-consecutive golds in the event, and the only Black gymnast to win two all-around Olympic titles. GOAT is right.

0: The number of all-around competitions Biles has lost since 2013, aka the year she debuted as a senior gymnast. Undefeated.

3: Andrade tore her ACL three times and still returned to competitive gymnastics, becoming the first Brazilian woman to ever medal in the sport at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

1980: The last year a former all-around gold medalist returned to the podium at the next Games…that is, until Lee’s bronze medal triumph yesterday.

27: Biles is 27 years young, making her the oldest all-around gymnastics champion since 1952. Now the question is: Will she return for LA 2028?

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