Simone Biles was on sparkling form along with Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey in USA quartet’s team gymnastics success in Paris
Simone Biles celebrates on the podium at the Bercy Arena after clinching a fifth gold medal of her Olympic career.Simone Biles celebrates on the podium at the Bercy Arena after clinching a fifth gold medal of her Olympic career.In the total chaos of the team final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as the sky seemed to be falling andwas forced to withdraw mid-competition, USA responded to the unexpected adversity with admirable resolve.
This time, she completed a brilliant Cheng vault, which set the tone for an expert series of results. Biles said she was relieved to feel no flashbacks: “At the beginning of the day, I started off with therapy and I told her I was feeling calm and ready and that’s exactly what happened. “Me jumping up and down was just relief. From there on, she’s the greatest of all greats, so it was: ‘OK, we’re about to really do this and just go out there and be us.’”After the USA team marched through the four apparatus with one fall, the night ended with every single eye in the arena trained on Biles as she beamed through the final routine of the evening, sealing the gold medal with a spectacular performance.
As the USA celebrated, Great Britain digested the bittersweet sensation of finishing in fourth place behind the silver medallists, Italy, and Brazil, who finished 0.234 points above GB.Georgia-Mae Fenton said: “We really, really stepped up from qualification and it was so nice to see everyone put on their best performances. It’s gutting, missing out that close.”
They rebounded with a strong rotation underlined by excellent performances from Fenton and another monster routine from Becky Downie, her score of 14.933 the third-highest in the competition at the time. They headed to the balance beam in third and handled the pressure, moving through three strong routines.
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