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Simone Biles Left 'Speechless' After Making Olympic History
By Paolo Songco,
8 hours ago
So much has been said about Simone Biles' historic performance during Thursday's women's all-around final in the Paris Olympics. There was a lot of pressure on Biles to reclaim glory in this competition after withdrawing from the event during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to mental health issues.
Unsurprisingly, Biles lived up to all the hype -- and then some.
With a final score of 59.131 after four rotations, Biles took the gold after outscoring Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (57.932) and American teammate Suni Lee (56.465), who finished second and third, respectively.
On Friday, Biles took to Instagram to share her reaction to her second gold-medal finish in the Olympic all-around final. Apparently, the 27-year-old was left in disbelief by her own historic achievement.
"3rd times the charm 🖤can’t believe I did it, AGAIN . I’m truly speechless. Olympic All Around champion!!!!!!!!!" Biles wrote.
While Biles might have been at a loss for words, the folks in the comments section had quite a lot to say about the most decorated gymnast of all time.
"Amazing ❤️💙," wrote her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens.
"Challenge accepted. Faced. And barreled through with a masters level of poise, inner management and skill. Earned it! Absolutely Amazing! 👏🏾❤️🤍💙" replied gymnastics icon Betty Okino.
"What goats eat 🥇🐐" remarked American skiing World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn.
"So proud of you ! Big congrats," said former Olympic gymnast Mary Sanders.
There's a whole lot more where that came from, too.
Simone Biles of the United States celebrates her gold medal in the women's gymnastics all-around during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena.
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