Simone Biles sprung to the top of the podium in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, winning a gold medal and further cementing her place in sporting history.
Rebecca Andrade of Brazil came in second, and Sunisa Lee of the U.S. came in third.
Biles and Lee were already gold medalists in Paris, with Team USA having won the women’s team final Tuesday. That win also gave Biles her eighth Olympic gold medal, making her the most decorated U.S. gymnast of all time.
Andrade had won the world championships in 2022, followed by Biles taking gold in 2023. The 25-year-old Brazilian gymnast was widely seen as the only competitor who could potentially best Biles in Paris.
Biles is the third woman in history to nab two Olympic all-around titles, a feat last achieved by Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Her first individual all-around gold came in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
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